Donations
Unfortunately, donations are not tax deductible. We're working on it!
Donations are really what keep our little operation afloat. We strive to provide the newest and most relevant LGBTQAI+ books in the library, which means constantly researching about, reading, and buying new books.
Unlike most other Little Libraries, ours stocks primarily new, up-to-date books, and we make sure our selections reflect the beautiful diversity in the world today.
Running this library has inevitably become an expensive hobby, so we appreciate any donation you can make!
For donation questions, email us at donate@littlequeerlibrary.com
Donating books in-person
If you would like to donate books in person, you can simply drop them off inside the library. For larger quantities of books, you should send us an email and we can ensure that we are home to receive them. Please note that we inspect every donation to ensure that they are appropriate and thematically relevant (e.g. LGBTQAI+ themed or by LGBTQAI+ authors) before it remains in the library. All other books will be donated to other Little Libraries or to local charities, such as More Than Words.
If you are looking for a good place to shop for books in person, check out some of our preferred local bookstores!
Drop-shipping books to our house
We are perfectly happy to have you ship books directly to us. If you choose to go this route, we'd recommend that you do so by purchasing from an independent bookseller on their website, and having them ship the book directly to us. If you choose this route, please address the package as follows.
The Little Queer Library
c/o Katie Cohen
1054 Trapelo Rd,
Waltham, MA 02451
Ordering from local bookstores for us to pick up
Did you know you can buy from a local bookstore and have them hold books for us to pick up? That's right! If you buy from All She Wrote or Belmont Books, you can ask them to keep books on hold for Katie Cohen / The Little Queer Library, and we can pick them up for you! By doing that, you can save yourself the shipping or a trip to our house! We are happy to do that, especially if you are donating several books.
If you are choosing this route, please send us an email letting us know that we are expecting books at the bookstore.
Donating cash so we can purchase books ourselves
Of course, we are also always happy to accept monetary donations so we can purchase books and materials ourselves. Envelopes of cash or check can be placed in our mailbox or mailed to the address above. Please note: checks must be made out to Katie Cohen.
If you would like to donate online, feel free to send donations to our Venmo @littlequeerlibrarywaltham