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.

Click to view our Baby resources.	Click to view our Toddler resources.
Click to view our Preschooler resources.	Click to view Community resources.
Click to view our Monthly Calendar.	Click to view Current Programs.

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:

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
   

Give books at our current book drive: