Welcome to The Friends of the Colleyville Public Library!
Guidelines for Donating Books at the Library -
Summer 2025
We love book donations at the Colleyville Public Library. Used book sales are a vital source of funds for the Library. If you are donating more than a few books (up to one grocery sack), please drop them off at the front desk. We are NOT able to accept large book donations during the summer. Our volunteers are helping with Summer Reading Program activities and our storage space is full.
We will resume appointments in September. If you can't wait to donate, please consider other organizations. GRACE, Goodwill or Half-Price books are just a few in the area that accept used books. You can also contact other libraries in the area.
Please do not put your donations in the book drop and do not drop them off at the drive-through. The book drop is for returning current library materials only.
The Library staff can give you a receipt for your donation if you need one.
Here are the best categories for donations:
- Children's Books,
- Hardcover Fiction and Nonfiction,
- Trade Paperbacks,
- Mass Market Paperbacks,
- College Textbooks with a publication date of 2015-2025
A Quick Note about the Condition of Materials
Please don't bring any books that are not in good shape. Books should be free of mildew, mold and dirt. The spine should be in good condition; the books shouldn't be missing any pages. The books cannot have water damage. If the donated books are not in good condition, they will be recycled.
Limits to what we can accept or store
Please don't bring the following items to the library. Instead, please recycle or donate these items to another group in the area:
- DVDs, Blu-Ray discs, CDs, Video games,
- Reader's Digest Condensed books,
- Time-Life Books, Literary Guild or Book of the Month editions,
- Yearbooks,
- Magazines and newspapers,
- reference materials published before 2020,
- textbooks published before 2015,
- audio casettes, VHS tapes, computer software,
- encyclopedia sets
- any material that is in poor or damaged condition.