LIBRARY BOOKS

We are keen to build up some small collections of books in Syria to aid education, and are keen to receive donations of new and used conservative classic books, in excellent condition. Books are sensitive in Syria though, so we are limited in what we can send.

Many western books will be inappropriate, so we have put together a wish list of classic titles and collections we would love to include, which won’t be controversial.

Many classics will be good, but ideally those with accessible language rather than dated English which can be challenging even for native English speakers. Simplified versions of the originals would be great.

Any books donated to us which we cannot send will be passed on to other charities who may be able to make use of them.

ARABIC BOOKS

If anyone has any good books in Arabic, please let us know.

EARLY & YOUNGER YEARS

  • The Hungry Caterpillar

  • Whatever Next, Jill Murphy

  • Nursery Rhymes

  • Classic Fairytales (ie Brother’s Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen etc.)

  • Titles by Beatrix Potter

  • Usbourne books including “Look Inside” Titles ) with flaps in tact)

  • Elmer the Elephant series books, David McKee

  • Giraffe’s Can’t Dance, Giles Andrae illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees

  • Dear Zoo, Rod Campbell

  • Winnie-the-Pooh, A.A. Milne

  • The Tiger Who Came To Tea, Judith Kerr

  • Shirley Hughes titles including Alfie stories

OLDER READERS

  • Pinocchio, Carlo Collodi

  • Famous Five Series, Secret Seven Series, Enid Blyton

  • Chronicles of Narnia Series, CS Lewis

  • The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, JR Tolkien

  • Titles by Michael Morpurgo

  • The Animals of Farthing Wood, Colin Dann

  • The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson

  • Watership Down, Richard Adams

  • Through the Looking Glass, Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

  • Mary Poppins, PL Travers

  • The Railway Children, E. Nesbit

  • Conan Doyle titles including Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskerville etc.

  • Peter Pan, JM Barrie

  • A Little Princess, Frances Hodgson Burnett

  • The Wizard of Oz, L Frank Baum

  • Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame

  • Black Beauty, Anna Sewell

  • Swallows and Amazons, Arthur Ransome

  • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L Frank Baum

  • Charles Dickens titles

  • George Elliott titles

  • The Little House on the Prairie Collection, Laura Intel’s Wilder

  • Little Women Collection, Louise M Alcott

  • Anne of Green Gables, LM Montgomery

  • The Call of the Wild, Jack London

  • Heidi, Johanna Spyri

  • The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame

    There will be more to add to this list…

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE AND TEXTBOOKS

  • Dictionaries: Arabic, English, French

  • Thesauruses: Arabic, English, French

  • Encyclopaedias for children

  • Atlases for children

To see the list of other items we are collecting please visit our AID APPEAL page.