Read to Me, Charlotte

Read to Me, Charlotte! is a community-wide initiative coordinated by the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County. Read to Me, Charlotte! seeks to provide encouragement, tools and knowledge to promote daily reading with children from birth to five.


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Do you have new or gently used children's books in your home collecting dust? Then donate them to Read to Me, Charlotte! We will be redistributing them in the community at sites that serve low-income families.

Read to Me, Charlotte has Community Bookshelves around Mecklenburg County. These shelves provide free books for families who are visiting various agencies. Listed below are the agencies that have Community Bookshelves.

Sites hosting bookshelves:

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  1. Department of Social Services
    Tot Lot and Waiting Room
    301 Billingsley Rd.
    Charlotte, NC 28211

  2. Soap Suds Coin Laundry
    8314 Pineville-Matthews Rd.
    Charlotte, NC 28226

  3. Stratford-Richardson YMCA
    1946 West Blvd.
    Charlotte, NC 28208

  4. Carolinas Rehabilitation Hospital
    Speech Therapy Outpatient
    Waiting Room
    1100 Blythe Blvd.,
    Charlotte, NC 28203

  5. Women, Infants, and Children
    2845 Beatties Ford Rd.
    Charlotte, NC 28216

  6. CMC Pineville Emergency Room Waiting Area
    10628 Park Rd,
    Charlotte, NC

  7. Solomon House
    200 S. Main St.
    Huntersville, NC 28078

  8. CMC Steele Creek
    13640 Steelecroft Pkwy.
    Charlotte, NC 28273




For photos from the launches, click on here

Please visit these locations and pick up a book for your family!

For more information about conducting a book drive at your business or organization, please contact Amy Kukla at 704-416-0561. or to donate books directly to PLCMC Main Library.
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