Below are some free and low cost ways to encourage reading.
Tips for finding books on a budget
- Make a trip to the local library and get a library card
- Find used books at thrift shops, Goodwill and garage or yard sales
- Swap books with families and friends
Maryland Resources
Maryland Book Bank
1794 Union Ave
Baltimore, MD 21215
Hours of Operation: Wednesday: 3-5pm, Saturday: 9-11am
The Book Thing of Baltimore
3001 Vineyard Lane
Baltimore, MD 21218
Hours of Operation: Open to the public one day a month
National Resources
- Dolly Parton Imagination Library
- Read Across America
- 1000 Books Before Kindergarten
- Reading Rockets
- Book Club for Kids Podcast
- PJ Library
Area Library Links
- Enoch Pratt Free Library
- Baltimore County Public Library
- Anne Arundel County Public Library
- Howard County Library System
- Harford County Public Library
- Ruth Enlow Library of Garrett County
- Allegany County Library System
- Washington County Free Library
- Frederick County Public Libraries
- Montgomery County Public Libraries
- Carroll County Public Library
- Prince George’s County Memorial Library System
- Cecil County Public Library
- Kent County Public Library
- Queen Anne’s County Library
- Caroline County Public Library
- Talbot County Free Library
- Calvert County
- Charles County Public Library
- St. Mary’s County Library
- Dorchester County Public Library
- Wicomico Public Library
- Somerset County Library
- Worcester County Library
- (Washington) DC Public Library
- York County, PA
- Bucks County Free Library
- Chester County Library System, PA
- Delaware County Library System, PA
- Montgomery County PA Library System
- Free Library of Philadelphia