Berks County Readers Kid’s Book Share Boxes

This community project is made possible by our Program Partners

This re-purpose project of the old Real Estate Weekly Boxes into Children's Book Share Boxes would not have been possible without the love & support from our sponsors, location hosts, and our families who graciously donated their loved books! This program takes a village of love & collaboration!

Thanks to our amazing sponsors and donors, we are able to ensure that our local kids have plenty of books to enjoy! You will find our Book Share Boxes in Hamburg, Morgantown, Honey Brook, Antidam, Exeter, Birdsboro, Douglasville, Wyomissing, West Lawn, West Reading, Heidelberg, Reading, Temple, Sinking Spring, and Shillington!

Keep scrolling for a list of locations.

Please support our business sponsors as much as possible! Support Local. Buy Local. Do It Local!

Each of our Book Share Boxes have side decals that feature quotes from local kids about reading books. If your child would like to be featured, please complete the form in the button below.

Submit a Quote

Ideas

We are always thanking our sponsors! You can too! Click the button below for ideas on how you and your children can show your gratitude to our amazing sponsors!

Our Program Sponsors include:

Redner’s, Grove Dental, Goodlife Financial, Empire Surplus Home Center, SAH Security, Body Zone, Gage Personnel, Riverfront Credit Union, & Sal’s Landscaping!

Our Individual Location Sponsors include:

Lisa Eshelman, Remax Realtor, Darren Kostival, Realtor, Remax of Reading, Body Zone , Elite Leadership Martial Arts, Deb & Patrick Hassler, Realtor, Keller Williams Platinum Realty, Tyler Miller Team, Keller Williams Platinum Realty, UGI, and Katie Broskey Realtor. (More to come!)

We also need to thank MADJ MARKETING and Ben Ireland (RTC Direct Printing) for their graphic designs & printing support; as well as the Reading-Berks Realtors Association for the old Real Estate Weekly box donations!

Enter Book Giveaway

Quarterly Local Author Children’s Book Giveaway!

Holly Garner, Author

Holly has been an educator for over 30 years. Her experience as a teacher, reading specialist, elementary principal, and most importantly, a mom of three boys, helped develop her passion for social-emotional learning in schools. Holly is the director of the Grace B. Luhrs Elementary Lab School at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania. In her free time, Holly enjoys playing games with her family, reading on the beach, planning parties, and walking her dog Leo.

We need Kid Book Donations!

We are ALWAYS in need of book donations to keep these boxes full. You can donate books directly into boxes! (See list above for locations to find the one closest to you!)

NOTE: The Works, Sweet Ride, and the Imax Theatre tend to run out often - so anytime you can pop some books in those we greatly appreciate it!

A big thank you to all of the amazing families who graciously went through their children’s book collection to donate books that they have outgrown. (Giving these books a new life and allowing them to put smiles on the faces of families across Berks!)

We are always restocking the Book Share boxes! If you happen to visit a Book Share Box that needs immediate restocking, please send an email to heather@doitlocalberks.com

Don’t forget to follow our Facebook Page to stay up to date with fundraisers, new Book Share Locations, new stock box alerts, and of course locations that need book donations.

Kid’s Book Share Box Locations

We are currently moving Kid’s Book Share Boxes around for cleaning, new decals, and restocking. See notes below to save you a trip!

The Yocum Institute of Fine Arts in West Lawn - updated and ready for you!
- 3000 Penn Avenue, West Lawn, PA 19609
- Thanks to Lisa Eshelman, Remax Realtor
Skin Sanctuary Spa in West Lawn - currently removed for cleaning.
- 2019 Penn Ave, Reading , PA 19609
- Thanks to Open Sponsorship.
Crave Café in Sinking Spring - updated and ready for you!
- 4600 Penn Ave., Sinking Spring, PA 19608
- Thanks to Lisa Eshelman, Remax Realtor
YMCA of Sinking Spring - updated and ready for you!
- 4920 Penn Avenue Sinking Spring PA 19608
- Thanks to Lisa Eshelman, Remax Realtor
Heidelberg Family Restaurant - updated and ready for you!
- 910 West Penn Avenue, Robesonia, PA 19551
- Thanks to Lisa Eshelman, Remax Realtor
The Berkshire Family Restaurant (on State Hill Rd in Wyomissing) - updated & ready for you!
- 1714 State Hill Rd, Wyomissing, PA 19610
- Thanks to Lisa Eshelman, Remax Realtor
Body Zone in Wyomissing
- 3103 Papermill Rd, Reading, PA 19610
- Thanks to Body Zone
Elite Leadership Martial Arts in Shillington
- NEW LOCATION: 4600 Shillington Plaza, Shillington, PA 19607 (in the Ocean State Job Lot Shopping Center)
- Thanks to Elite Leadership Martial Arts
Gino’s Café in Shillington (on Broad St) - currently removed for cleaning!
- 400 W Broad St., Shillington, PA 19607
- Open Sponsorship!
Shillington Farmers Market - updated and ready for you!
- 10 S Summit Ave., Shillington, PA 19607
- Thanks to Katie Broskey Realtor
Mimmo’s Restaurant
- 290 Morgantown Road, Reading, PA 19611
- Thanks to Deb & Patrick Hassler, Realtor, Keller Williams Platinum Realty
Leesport Diner - updated and ready for you!
- 5407 Pottsville Pike, Leesport, PA 19533
- Thanks to Tyler Miller Team, Keller Williams Platinum Realty
5th Street Diner in Temple - updated and ready for you!
- 5340 Allentown Pike, Temple, PA 19560
- Thanks to Tyler Miller Team, Keller Williams Platinum Realty
Imax Theater in Downtown Reading (RC READING MOVIES 11 & IMAX)
- 30 NORTH SECOND STREET, READING, PA, 19601
- Thanks to Zylkia and Michael Rivera Team, Keller Williams Platinum Realty
Vincenzo’s Ristorante
- 1333 Old Swede Rd, Douglasville, PA 19518
- Sponsorship Open
The Windmill Restaurant in Morgantown
- 2838 Main Street, Morgantown, PA 19543
- Thanks to David Hinkel, Realtor, Coldwell Banker
Michael’s Restaurant in Douglasville
- 1211 Benjamin Franklin Hwy, Douglassville, PA 19518
- Sponsorship Open
Sunny’s Car Wash - updated and ready for you!
- 846 New Holland Rd, Kenhorst, PA 19607
- Thanks to Darren Kostival, Realtor, Remax of Reading
Sweet Ride Ice Cream in West Reading - updated and ready for you!
- 542 Penn Avenue, West Reading, PA
- Thanks to Katie Broskey Realtor
Empire Home Design Center in West Reading - updated and ready for you!
- 641 Penn Ave., West Reading, PA 19611
- Thanks to UGI
The Works Complex in Wyomissing - updated and ready for you!
- 1109 Bern Road, Wyomissing, PA 19610
- Thanks to Lisa Eshelman, Remax Realtor
St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Birdsboro
- 5 Brooke Manor Birdsboro, PA 19508
- Sponsorship Open
Exeter Family Restaurant in Exeter
- 4800 Perkiomen Avenue., Reading, PA 19606
- Sponsorship Open
Hamburg Community Garden
- Apple Alley between 3rd and 4th St., Hamburg, PA
- Thanks to Darren Kostival, Realtor, Remax of Reading
LaFaver Family Farm in Hamburg
- 1241 Hex Hwy, Hamburg, Pa 19526
- Thanks to Darren Kostival, Realtor, Remax of Reading