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Be Kind! Kindness Campaign 2025
Let’s Be Kind!
In the month of May, we are exploring how building community through books creates kindness and empathy. For K- 8th grade children, we are reaching out to teachers to sign up for a free teacher kit (book…
Build the love of reading: Support Wish lists!
Give the Gift of Reading
In the spirit of community, we work with local educators, organizations, and schools to promote and (with your support) fulfill their book wishes. You can find the books they would like and pur…
Peninsula Books loves our local library
February is love your library month and we were so thrilled to be able to donate over $1,500 to the Daly City Public Library Associates (DCPLA) thanks to everyone who has purchased a used book. Each year, a portion of e…
Book Donation Pause through March 2, 2025
We are so grateful to all the book donations we have received over the past year and a half. Due to space concerns, we will need to pause book donations through March 2nd in order for our team of volunteers to catch up…
Supporting LA Fires
Updated 1/30/25
We have collected over 50 boxes of toiletries, food, and masks and 10 bags of clothes/shoes. Items went to multiple organizations including It’s Bigger than Us, Heritage Clinic, and Chinatown Services…
New Hours!
On November 13th, 2024 we expanded our hours! Our new hours are:
Wednesday – Friday 12 pm- 8 pm
Saturday -Sunday 10 am-6 pm
This brings us open 5 days and 40 hours a week. We are thrilled to be able to do this…
Bookstore Associate
Updated January 2025: We are completely staffed. We will post a new blog when we are hiring in the future.
We are hiring 1 associate.
Come join our team at Peninsula Books as a Bookstore Associate. Please review t…
Annual Banned Book Bash (Sept. 28th)
FUNDRAISER for Peninsula Book Collaborative
Saturday, September 28
5:30-8:00 pm
Peninsula Books (441 Westlake Center)
Join us for a night of celebrating banned books and the freedom to read. We will have banned book…
Weekend Sale (Thurs.-Sun.)
Join us this weekend (Thurs. – Sun.) for a sale on books!
Bargain Books ($5 and less): buy 3, get 1 free (of equal or lesser value)
All Hardcover Books: 20% off
All Biographies/Memoirs: 20% off
Com…