Did you know?
Did you know?
Story Store now has Charitable Trust status! For you, this means that any financial donation you make towards Story Store's ongoing costs, will result in a tax deductable receipt. Donations can be made in either of two ways:
1) directly into our bank a/c Story Store, 12 3618 0074312 00 - using your name as reference - then emailing us on joanna@storystore.org.nz to let us know and we will email you back an appropriate reciept.
2) make a donation via our Give-a-Little page- you will get a receipt from Give-a-Little on our behalf.
Either way, we thank you from the very bottom of our bookshelves!
Hours
Hours

Open by appointment - preferably Tuesdays or Wednesdays

First School Visit!
First School Visit!
An historic day in the life of Story Store... Monday 1 May we had our very first visit from a school! St Mary's in Avondale is a small, Catholic, full primary school, catering for a diverse range of cultures. Their Staff member with Library responsibility brought along a Year 7 student and two from Year 6 to help her select 50 books for their Library. After much debate, decisions were made and the children turned their attention to the section of books that had minor flaws - from which they chose another 21 titles. All up, St Mary's went back to school full of happy book buzz, carrying approximately $1065 worth of books FOR FREE!
Schools requiring books from Story Store
Schools requiring books from Story Store

Schools that have inadequate budget for their libraries and a passionate library advocate on their team, are invited to apply. Our resources are limited and we won’t be able to help everyone - but we’re sure going to try!! Schools are not confined to those in a particular area as we have a web-based option for ordering as well as the physical.

Volunteers
Volunteers
We recently had a pair of helpers come in for the day to undertake a special project. Tui takes the prize for being our 'most mature' volunteer at 94 years and 11 months old! Shirley takes the prize for traveling the longest distance - all the way from Tasmania! Thank you ladies for your support of children throughout Aotearoa.
Mission Statement
Mission Statement

Story Store aims to collect excellent condition, 2nd-hand children's books and then make them available, for free, to school libraries that are under-resourced, thereby improving access by ALL tamariki to books that they WANT to read.

Contact
Contact
Story Store
Level 1, Raphoe House
8 Gloucester Park Rd
Onehunga
Auckland 1061

Email: joanna@storystore.org.nz
Mob: 021 115 9026
Browse our picture books
Browse our picture books
Our picture books now have a new, tidy home thanks to Diane. Click here to browse Story Store and see our Picture books
Browse our Te Reo resources
Browse our Te Reo resources
Click me to search The Story Store and see our Te Reo resources
More Schools benefit!
Here are all the schools that have benefitted from the generosity of others' book donations:
St Mary's, Avondale
Waatea, Mangere
Kelston Girls' College, Kelston
Seventh Day Adventist School, Balmoral
Harrisville School, Tuakau
Edmonton Primary, Te Atatu South
Hare Krishna School, Kumeu
St Joseph's, Otahuhu
Hamilton East Playcentre
Holy Family, Porirua
Liston College, Henderson
Chaucer Primary, Blockhouse Bay
Pomaria Primary, Henderson
Waterlea Primary, Mangere Bridge
St Therese, Mt Roskill
Horeke Primary, Hokianga
Mangamuka, Hokianga
Matihetihe, Hokianga
Herekino, Hokianga
Pokuru, Waikato
Glenavon, Blockhouse Bay
Little Pearls, ECE, Mt Albert
Iqra, New Lynn
Te Papapa, Onehunga
Postgate, Porirua
May Road, Mt Roskill
Browse our Quick Flicks
Browse our Quick Flicks
Here you can scroll through the many titles we have for beginner chapter books. We call them 'Quick Flicks'.
6,000 Books and counting...
6,000 Books and counting...
Here it is... the 6,000th book donated by you and others like you! I wonder which lucky school will take this one back to their students?
Don't forget - we don't just need donations of immaculate condition books - we also need schools that want to help their students with their love of reading, by coming and taking books from us for that purpose.
Here's another thought...do you have a favourite series, beloved by the kids so much that some copies need to go to the morgue rather than just to mending? Let us know what you're looking to replace - we may just have that elusive title that's now out of print.
Donations
Donations

Schools are asked to help out by running 'book drives' for donations of excellent condition books that students have read and no longer wish to keep.

Once a collection has been made, contact us at bookdonations@storystore.org.nz

We need a continual stream of new books for this to be a sustainable venture.

Becoming a Story Store Representative
Becoming a Story Store Representative

Can YOU spread the word and let your contacts know about Story Store and encourage appropriate donations?

Would YOU like to become a rep?

If so, contact Mel mel@storystore.org.nz