Soft Cloth Books
These are books generally made of cloth that can be crinkled, twisted or chewed, and are especially popular with the babies who want to put things in their mouths. We greatly appreciate any donation in this category, as they are generally more expensive. (Due to health regulations, hand-made books cannot be accepted.)
Board Books
Board books are stiff and have thick cardboard pages, and are typically geared toward infants and toddlers. These are some of our most often picked books.
- Lift-the-flap
- Touch-and-feel
- Books that make noise
- ABC, alphabet or animal
- Books by Eric Carle
- Books by Sandra Boynton
- books by Karen Katz
Picture Books
These books have paper pages and either a hard or soft cover. Our biggest need is for those books with popular characters that the children know and thus bring them comfort.
- Dr. Seuss books
- Paw Patrol
- Bluey
- Disney, including princesses, pirates and movie characters
- Any book about cars, trains, planes, animals, super heroes, princesses and fairies
Read Aloud Books
This category includes books that parents might read to their children, specifically babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Many times, parents can't hold their child, so it is soothing for a child to hear a parent read one of these classics:
- Good Night Moon
- Runaway Bunny
- Love You Forever
- Guess How Much I Love You
- On The Night You Were Born
- Any book about a parent's love
- Nursery rhymes and bedtime stories
Young Adult / Chapter Books
These books generally include chapters and are for kids to read on their own.
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Big Nate, Dork Diaries
- Anything currently/recently playing in a movie theater
- Sports figure biographies (especially the Colts)
- Guinness Book of World Records
- Fun/scary/gross/weird/true/amazing facts
- Any current teen best seller
- Books by Sarah Dessen, James Patterson, Rick Riordan, Richard Paul Evans
Activity Books
These books can often keep the kids entertained with things to do when they may not be feeling up to reading.
- Stickers
- Puzzles, Mazes and Dot to Dot
- Coloring, including adult
- How to draw
- Joke books
Gift Cards
Gift cards to any store that sells books would also be appreciated.
- Barnes & Noble
- Walmart
- Amazon
