Classroom Libraries

How to build classroom libraries

• Shop the half price/clearance racks at Barnes and Noble Stores

• Have a Book Shower

• Post a wish list on Amazon

• Write an Education Foundation Grant

• Scholastic Book Fair Profits

• Garage Sales

• Ask PTA to fund a purchase

• Church Book Drives

• ThriftBooks

• Abe Books

• Buy Nothing Groups

• Half Price Books

• Memorial Books in honor of someone

• Altrusa Internationa

• Reading Warehouse

• Facebook Marketplace

• Book Depot

• Book Outlet

• Bulk Bookstore

• Lake-Cook Distributors

• Dolly Parton

• Kwame Alexander - One Word at a Time

• Better World Books

• Little Free Libraries

• Open Book

• Goodwill

• Thrift Stores

• TJ Maxx

• Scholastic Book Club

• Reading Rockets In Search of Free Books

• First Book for Title I Schools

• Friends of the Library Sales at your Public Library

• Dollar Tree

• Ollie's Bargain Outlet

• Donor's Choose 

• ALA Conferences

• Pango Books

• Book Depot

• Birthday Books

If it's a book, chances are it will end up in your library.  Have some policies in place for how to deal with classroom libraries.

• Who orders classroom library books?

• Who owns them if a teacher moves schools?

• How are books marked to identify the teacher?

• How will teachers keep track of check outs?

• How are students charged if a book becomes lost or damaged?

• What forms are used to report loss or damage?

• How are lost books replaced?

Here is a free program that teachers can use to organize their classroom library:  Classroom Booksource