Book Donation Request Form

Thank you for your interest in donating books to The Book Fairies. For information on what we can and cannot accept, please see our FAQ page.

If you have fewer than 100 books to donate, you can use the drop box at the base of our driveway at your convenience. It is emptied a few times a week.

PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE BOXES OF BOOKS OUTSIDE THE DROP BOX.

Your First Name*
Your Last Name*
Address*
Street Address City State ZIP Code
Address Type
Mobile Phone*
Home Phone
Preferred Phone*
Personal Email
Work Email
Preferred Email*
Will you be dropping these books off at our warehouse, or do you want us to pick them up from you?*
For Pickup: Please have 5 or more copy paper sized boxes or Extra Small moving boxes that close/have lids to be picked up within the delivery zone of Nassau or Suffolk County. We cannot pick up bags and all boxes must not weigh more than 25lbs.
Example of boxes:
Is this a business/school/organization or residential address?*
Provide full name of the pick up location for business, school, or organization*
Check this box if the books will be picked up at the address above
- Copy Address
Pick Up Address*
Street Address City State ZIP Code
Name of the Contact for Pick Up*
Name of the person who will be meeting our driver at the pickup location
Pick Up Contact Mobile Phone*
Name of the person who will be meeting our driver at the pickup location
Hidden
Special instructions for pick up
Please provide any special instructions for our driver that may facilitate the pickup process
Number of Boxes
Please enter a number greater than or equal to 0.
Number of copy paper sized boxes or extra small moving boxes of books you have to donate.
We are not able to pick up fewer than five boxes of books. If you have fewer than five boxes to donate, we ask that you please drop them off at our warehouse. Please change your selection above from Pickup to Dropoff.
Description of Donated Books*
Description of books you are donating, for example, child, young adult, adult fiction, adult nonfiction, college level textbooks.
Where did these books come from?
LIBRARY CLEANOUT REQUIREMENTS

The Book Fairies CAN accept:
• Baby to Young Adult Library Grade Books
• Fiction books published within the last 20 years
• Nonfiction books published in the last 10 years

The Book Fairies CANNOT accept:
• Adult library grade books
• Children/YA fiction over 20 years old
• Children/YA nonfiction over 10 years old
• Religious themed books
HOW TO CHOOSE WHAT BOOKS TO DONATE

Accepted Books:
• All Age Level Books - Birth Through Adult
• Books Published Within Past 20 Years
• Textbooks Published Within Past 10 Years
• Activity Books - Word Searches, Coloring Books, Etc.
• Cookbooks Published Within Past 10 Years
• Comic Books / Manga

NOT Accepted:
• Books with Mildew or “Old Book”, Moth Ball, or Cigarette Smoke Smells
• Books With Ripped, Torn or Yellowed Pages
• Encyclopedias
• Magazines
• Self-Published Books
• E-Readers
• DVDs & CDs
• Faith Based Books
SCHOOL CLEANOUT REQUIREMENTS

Please note, we CANNOT accept the following:
• K to 12 textbooks: Social Studies, English, Foreign Languages
• Large quantities of math/science text books
• Reference Books older than 10 years old (encyclopedias, atlases, etc)
• Full reading curriculum programs

We CAN accept:
• Leveled readers, novels, fiction
• Non fiction published in the last ten years
• Dictionaries and Thesauruses
• Small amounts of math and science textbooks
• Loose books from discarded reading curriculum
Please check Yes below to confirm these books are smoke/odor-and-mold-FREE and intact, with no torn/missing pages or covers, and that they are not more than 20 years old.*
Yes
No
Please only fill out one form per household/request and press the Submit button ONCE. Allow one business day for processing. Thank you for your patience.