Help Foster a Life-Long Love of Learning

Early Literacy Builds Bright Futures

At YWCA Minneapolis, we provide childcare and early learning for infants, toddlers and preschoolers at five Twin Cities Locations. Storytime is a cherished part of every day, helping children build crucial literacy skills and a love of reading.

Each of our centers has a library, and you can help keep those shelves full! By donating books, you are directly supporting young learners as they grow, imagine and discover new worlds.

How to Donate:

Bring new or gently used books to the front desk at YWCA Midtown.

What to Donate:

We’ve created suggested book lists that reflect our mission, curriculum and classroom themes. These lists are a helpful guide, but feel free to donate other age-appropriate children’s books as well.

September Anti-Bias Books: All About Me & My Family

• Love by Matt de la Peña

• Anti-bias texts: Where Are You From? by Yamile Saied Méndez

• Plenty of Hugs by Fran Manushkin

• My Maddy by Gayle E. Pitman

• My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero

• Yoko by Rosemary Wells

• Drawn Together by Minh Lê

• Julián is a Mermaid by Jessica Love

• My Two Moms and Me and My Two Dads and Me by Michael Joosten

• Between Us and Abuela by Mitall Perkins

• Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler

• When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff

• Around the Table That Grandad Built by Melanie Heuiser Hill

• Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina

• The Best Eid Ever by Asma Mobin-Uddin

• Divali Rose by Vashanti Rahaman

• King for a Day by Rukhsana Khan

• A Taste of the World by Beth Walrond Juna's Jar by Jane Bahk

• A Morning with Grandpa by Sylvia Liu

• Hot, Hot Roti for Dada-ji by F. Zia