The library is partnering with the Oakland Mayor's Toy Drive to ensure that a new book is included in every gift bag. You can help by shopping at your participating local independent bookstore. The following stores will be selling books for the Oakland Mayor's Toy Drive. Stop by, buy a book or more and leave it with the store for donation to the Toy Drive!
Laurel Book Store 1423 Broadway
Pegasus Books Oakland, 5560 College Ave
Marcus Bookstore, 3900 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Great Good Place for Books, 6120 LaSalle Ave
EM Wolfman Books, 410 13th st
Diesel Bookstore, 5433 College Ave
Walden Pond Books 3319 Grand Ave
While any new children's books are welcome, we are in particular need of diverse books for young children. Some of our favorites are:
BOARD BOOKS
Global Baby Boys, by Maya Ajmera
Global Baby Girls, by Maya Ajmera
I Am So Brave, by Stephen Krensky
I Know a Lot, by Stephen Krensky
Sparkling Princess ABC, by Lisa Perrett
Everything Goes: 123 Beep Beep Beep! A counting book, by Brian Biggs
PICTURE BOOKS
Niño Wrestles the World, by Yuyi Morales
Rain! By Linda Ashman
This Day in June, by Gayle Pitman
Take Me Out to the Yakyu, by Aaron Meshon
Puffy: people whose hair defies gravity, by Aya de Leon
Maria Had a Little Llama, by Angela Dominguez
If I Had a Raptor, by George O’Connor
Please, Baby, Please, by Spike Lee (available in paperback)
Viva Frida, by Yuyi Morales
EASY READERS
My New Friend is So Fun! by Mo Willems
Brownie and Pearl Get Dolled Up (easy reader edition- 978-1442495678), by Cynthia Rylant
Fire Truck to the Rescue! By Sonia Sander
Ling and Ting Share a Birthday, by Grace Lin
EARLY CHAPTER BOOKS
Lowriders in Space, by Cathy Camper
Gumazing Gum Girl: Chews Your Destiny, by Rhode Montiijo
Freddie Ramos Stomps the Snow, by Jacqueline Jules
Lulu and the Rabbit Next Door, by Hilary McKay
Ellray Jakes is Magic, by Sally Warner
Luz Makes a Splash, by Claudia Davila
Dog Days, by Karen English