Annual Sale: April 24 - May 1, 2010 at St. Vital Centre

The Children's Hospital Book Market was established in 1961 and is the longest running fundraiser in support of the Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba. This year Book Market celebrates
50 years of supporting child health care in the province!

The concept of Book Market is simple. Members of the community drop off used books at our various outlets and volunteers sort, mark, pack and price books in over 65 categories that are then sold at three annual sales.

Since its inception, the Book Market has raised about $4.4 million in support of child health care in Manitoba and received numerous awards including the Mayor's Volunteer Service Award and a Teddy Award.

We are pleased to have Dufresne Furniture and Appliances as our title sponsor. As a Miracle Partner, Dufresne recognizes the importance of supporting the special health care needs of children through reliable and consistent funding of pediatric medical research. This partnership also allows us to fund equipment and programs at the Children's Hospital of Winnipeg, helping us to improve the health of children everywhere.

Please visit Dufresne Furniture and Appliances for more information on their products.

We would also like to thank our Book Market Supporters which serve as drop-off points for book donations.

Salisbury House Restaurants (at Pembina and Stafford & Ellice at Roseberry), Winnipeg Fire Halls, and any Dufresne store.

Book Donations

There are books and then there are BOOKS!

There are some books we receive that are simply not marketable so we ask that you please keep the following in mind when donating:

  • We cannot sell books that have been marked, have torn covers, broken spines, water marks or missing pages.
  • We cannot sell adult ex-library hardcover fiction or mystery but we can sell all other categories.
  • No weekly magazines. For example: Time and Maclean's
  • We cannot sell encyclopedias
  • We accept National Geographic magazines published BEFORE 1965 and AFTER 2004
  • We do not accept Reader's Digest

Books We Do Not Accept

  • Almanacs over three years
  • American Heritage
  • Atlas-Maximillan School Atlas and Dent's School Atlas
  • Canadian Library Discard Paperbacks
  • Consumer Reports over two years
  • Encyclopedias
  • Financial Advice over two years
  • Funk and Wagnall Wildlife
  • Gardening over 10 years
  • Guinness Book of World Records over three years
  • Hard Cover Adult Fiction prior to 1996; no ex-Library
  • Hard Cover Adult Mystery prior to 1996; no ex-Library
  • History School texts
  • Illustrated Natural History of Canada
  • Illustrated Library of the World and its People
  • Income Tax, last year only
  • Jacques Cousteau Series
  • Lemon Aid Car Manuals over five years
  • Life Cycle Library
  • Life Science Library
  • Life World Library
  • Modern Business Sets
  • National Geographic Geography
  • New York Times Library Index
  • Readers Digest, none
  • School Geography Texts
  • Science Year Books
  • Stamp Books over 20 years
  • Ski material over two years
  • Teachers Guides, manuals, curricula
  • University texts more than five years old: Accounting, Business, Economics, Education, Management, Marketing, Psychology and Sociology
  • University Texts more than 8 years old: Anthropology, Agriculture, Archaeology, Biology, Chemistry, Dramatics, Human Ecology, Medicine, Nursing, Physical Education, Physics, Geography, Political Science, Writer's Guides, Zoology
  • Law Books

Book Donations can be dropped off at the following locations:

Any Dufresne location in Manitoba

Winnipeg
1750 Ellice Avenue, 880 Narin Avenue or Unit #5 1592 Regent Avenue Crossroads Station/
Please note Dufresne warehouse located at 230 Panet Road is NOT a drop-off location.

Selkirk
374 Eveline Street

Portage La Prairie
2401 Saskatchewan Avenue West

Brandon
1885-18th Street North

Swan River
1321 Main Street

Salisbury House Restaurants
1860 Ellice Avenue
759 Pembina Highway

Any Winnipeg Fire Hall location below:
65 Ellen St
55 Watt St
337 Rue Desmeurons
150 Osborne Street
845 Sargent Avenue
603 Redwood Ave
10 Allan Blye Drive
640 Kimberly Avenue
864 Marion Street
1354 Border Street
200 Berry Street
1710 Grosvenor Ave
799 Lilac Street
1057 St Mary’s Rd
1083 Autumnwood Drive
1001 Mcgregor Street
1501 Church Avenue
5000 Roblin Blvd.
Whytewold Road
525 Banting Drive
730 Pandora Avenue
1567 Waverley Street
880 Dalhousie Drive
1665 Rothesay Street
701 Day Street
1525 Dakota Street
Public Education, 2546 Mcphillips St
Fire Prevention, 604 St Mary’s Rd