Wish List
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Our library depends on grants, fundraising, and donations to purchase new books and resources. You can donate funds online using the QR code below, by writing a check to AUSD with OV Library in the memo line and giving it to the Ocean View Office staff, or through your MySchoolBucks account online.
Donations of new or lightly used books are also welcome! Below is a list of topics and titles we would like or need to replace. We are also always in need of contact paper and book tape to cover and repair books.
THANK YOU!Elementary school-appropriate nonfiction books about:
- cats, kittens
- mythology
- drawing, how to draw
- cheetahs
- sea otters
- fish
- sharks
- space
- dinosaurs
- rocks and minerals
- transportation (trains, trucks, cars, planes, ships, etc.)
- Origami books
- How to draw books
- Cookbooks for children
- sports books (especially gymnastics, soccer, basketball)
- chess
- American Sign Language
- Any books from the Alvin Ho series by Lenore Look
- Fox and the Mystery Letter by Alex G. Griffiths
- The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander
- Big Rig by Louise Hawes
- Any of the Gifted Clan Series: Last Fallen Star, Last Fallen Moon, Last Fallen Realm by Graci Kim
- I Survived Graphic Novel Series (any)
- Flipping Forward, Twisting Backward by Alma Fullerton
Book Processing and Repair items:
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During Lunch Recess, the Library hosts 75-150 students daily. Students come to read, play games, do arts and crafts, build with Lego, solve puzzles, and more. Our games and materials get lots of use and, from time to time, need replenishing and updating. We welcome donations of the following new or lightly used items:
- Book Tape for processing books
- Watercolor Paper
- Yarn for weaving
- Trays for projects
- Origami Paper
- 100-300-piece jigsaw puzzles
- Floor Puzzles
- Manga-Tiles
- Rubik's Cubes
- Rush Hour logic game
- Apples-to-Apples Jr. Game
- Mouse Trap Board Game
- FujiFilm for InstaxMini Instant Film Printer
- Washable Stamp pads