<![CDATA[Freebird Books - Home]]>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 18:24:47 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[Freebird will be closed on Sunday, December 7]]>Sat, 06 Dec 2025 16:45:05 GMThttps://www.freebirdbooks.com/home/freebird-will-be-closed-on-sunday-december-7Sorry!  Though we are open today (Saturday, December 6) till 5 pm, we had to take one more day off post Thanksgiving.  But back next weekend, December 13-14!]]><![CDATA[We will be closed on Thanksgiving weekend (Nov 29-30)]]>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 16:02:52 GMThttps://www.freebirdbooks.com/home/we-will-be-closed-on-thanksgiving-weekend-nov-29-30Peter the pooch says please hold off on bringing books in until December 6-7. But Happy Thanksgiving! 
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]]><![CDATA[November/December Books Through Bars Book Drive: ALMANACS]]>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:57:18 GMThttps://www.freebirdbooks.com/home/novemberdecember-books-through-bars-book-drive-almanacs
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We look ahead to 2026 with the release of the latest World Almanac.
Please help Books Through Bars restock this high demand title for the coming months.
$30 purchases 3 almanacs (45% off retail)*

Every year we do a push for the latest almanac--next to dictionaries and comic books the most requested item by incarcerated readers. With the 2026 edition of the World Almanac and Book of Facts soon to pub, we hope you can help us match last year's tally (630). For readers starved of news outside their walls, an almanac provides necessary context of the contemporary scene.We also want to thank everyone who contributed to our last bundle, featuring Dover titles: your generosity we will be able to send out another 732 books (principally art instruction) to prisons nationwide!
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*Each purchased bundle will be delivered directly to Books Through Bars so that they can fulfill requests from incarcerated readers. If you wish to purchase one of these titles for yourself, you can go to https://bookshop.org/shop/FreebirdBooks.

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On Sale

World Almanac

$54.00 $30.00

Freebird's November/December 2025 pick include three copies of the 2026 World Almanac-- $30 for three copies


Please note that when Square processes your order they describe it as a "digital delivery". That does not refer to way the books will be delivered to incarcerated readers. Your purchase will go towards NYC Books Through Bars fulfilling requests with physical copies of the aforementioned titles.
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]]><![CDATA[September/October picks for NYC Books Through Bars]]>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 19:02:15 GMThttps://www.freebirdbooks.com/home/septemberoctober-picks-for-nyc-books-through-barsThe fall Freebird/Books Through Bars bundle campaign focuses on art www.freebirdbooks.com/shop.html#/instruction. 
Help Books Through Bars stock up on how-to books on drawing and cartooning.
$30 purchases an assortment of six titles (42% off retail)*
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We break into the fall with a variety pack of art instructional books--all from Dover Publications (their affordability is allowing us to double the quantity of what we usually offer up for the bundle). How-to books are always in demand, but especially when it comes to drawing: these titles offer a range of techniques for figure drawing, illustration, and cartooning.  They will include How to Draw Manga & Anime, Draw Anything, A Better Approach to Pencil Drawing, Heads, Features and Faces, Light, Shade and Shadow, and How to Draw Animals.

While donations of used books in this category continue to be dropped off at the store (and please keep them coming), prisons are establishing higher thresholds for the condition and wear-and-tear of the copies. These unstained, undog-eared editions will help guarantee their delivery to incarcerated readers.
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*Each purchased bundle will be delivered directly to Books Through Bars so that they can fulfill requests from incarcerated readers. If you wish to purchase one of these titles for yourself, you can go to https://bookshop.org/shop/FreebirdBooks.

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Art Instruction Book Bundle

$51.00 $30.00

Freebird's September/October 2025 picks include a selection of how to draw books from Dover Publications: How to Draw Manga & Anime, Draw Anything, A Better Approach to Pencil Drawing, Heads, Features and Faces, Light, Shade and Shadow, and How to Draw Animals.


Please note that when Square processes your order they describe it as a "digital delivery". That does not refer to way the books will be delivered to incarcerated readers. Your purchase will go towards NYC Books Through Bars fulfilling requests with physical copies of the aforementioned titles.
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]]><![CDATA[Closed the weekend of August 9-10]]>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 18:31:25 GMThttps://www.freebirdbooks.com/home/closed-the-weekend-of-august-9-10Freebird is taking a rare weekend off for a short summer break.  See you next weekend, August 16-17! But Peter the Pooch will likely be hanging next door at the Hop Shop.
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]]><![CDATA[July/August 2025 Books Through Bars book drive:Working Out]]>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 19:25:10 GMThttps://www.freebirdbooks.com/home/julyaugust-2025-books-through-bars-book-driveworking-outThe latest Freebird/Books Through Bars bundle campaign focuses on fitness, of the economic and physical varieties. 
​Help Books Through Bars stock up on guidebooks for building better bodies AND businesses.
$30 purchases an assortment of three titles (40% off retail)*
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To round out the summer we return to topics that reflect the strong desire for self improvement while behind bars. Physical fitness is a constant request from the incarcerated, particularly in prisons with little to no outlet for exercise. You Are Your Own Gym is an all-gender guide to building muscle through only the resistance of one's own weight, especially where equipment is not an option. Mind Your Business--a popular title we have collected for in the past--is a comprehensive step-by-step overview of building a business from scratch. And DK's Project Management is a snappy and visually oriented guide to taking those endeavors to the next level, with lessons on how to focus that energy, manage change, and make an impact. ​*Each purchased bundle will be delivered directly to Books Through Bars so that they can fulfill requests from incarcerated readers. If you wish to purchase one of these titles for yourself, you can go to https://bookshop.org/shop/FreebirdBooks.
]]><![CDATA[Fifth Anniversary of Books Through Bars and Freebird Books bundles--over 25,000 copies collected since June 2020]]>Sun, 01 Jun 2025 20:33:57 GMThttps://www.freebirdbooks.com/home/fifth-anniversary-of-books-through-bars-and-freebird-books-bundles-over-25000-copies-collected-since-june-2020Celebrate Pride Month and help Books Through Bars stock up on LGBTQ+ titles for the coming months.
$30 purchases an assortment of three titles (43% off retail)*
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For the fifth anniversary of the Freebird/Books Through Bars bundle campaign, we focus on subject material that might not pass muster at the U.S. Naval Academy library, but that incarcerated readers are welcome to request and receive.

A huge thanks to everyone who contributed to the recent drive for mysteries and thrillers. Your generosity will help Books Through Bars re-shelve their section with 550 copies!  Which comes on the heels of the previous campaign for sci fi and fantasy which yielded 650 copies. Which officially tips us over 25,000 books collected since the bundle campaign was inaugurated exactly five years ago this month.For June 2025 we step away from genre fiction to celebrate Pride with three works that shed light on the important role of an increasingly maligned community: The Stonewall Reader, an anthology chronicling the tumultuous fight for LGBTQ rights in the 1960s and the activists who spearheaded it, with a foreword by Edmund White; A Queer History of the United States, the first comprehensive history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender America, from pre-1492 to the present; and On Being Different, Merle Miller's early and groundbreaking defense of gay liberation—now a Penguin Classic and with a foreword by Dan Savage.

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BTB Bundle: Pride Month Picks

$53.00 $30.00

Freebird's June 2025 picks include a selection of LGBTQ-related titles: On Being Different; A Queer History of the United States; and The Stonewall Reader. $30 for three books.


Please note that when Square processes your order they describe it as a "digital delivery". That does not refer to way the books will be delivered to incarcerated readers. Your purchase will go towards NYC Books Through Bars fulfilling requests with physical copies of the aforementioned titles.
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]]><![CDATA[April/May Books Through Bars Drive (Mystery and Thriller)]]>Mon, 07 Apr 2025 23:08:45 GMThttps://www.freebirdbooks.com/home/aprilmay-books-through-bars-drive-mystery-and-thriller
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April/May's focus--a roundup of mystery and thriller titles from Penguin Random House publishers: $30 for five books A huge thanks to everyone who contributed to the recent drive for scifi and fantasy. Your generosity will help Books Through Bars re-shelve their section with 650 copies!  They will go fast, however, as genre does.  Which is why we turn our attention to mysteries and thrillers.To help Books Through Bars restock their mystery and thriller sections, we are making available a variety pack of the genre (Penguin Random House titles) for $30. While donations of used books in this category continue to be dropped off at the store (and please keep them coming), prisons are establishing higher thresholds for the condition and wear-and-tear of the copies. These unstained, undog-eared editions will help guarantee their delivery to incarcerated readers.

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On Sale

BTB bundle: Mystery and Thriller

$54.00 $30.00

Freebird's April/May picks include a selection from Penguin Random House's catalog of mystery and thriller titles: $30 for five books


Please note that when Square processes your order they describe it as a "digital delivery". That does not refer to way the books will be delivered to incarcerated readers. Your purchase will go towards NYC Books Through Bars fulfilling requests with physical copies of the aforementioned titles.
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]]><![CDATA[February/March 2025 Books Through Bars drive (scifi/fantasy)]]>Sat, 01 Feb 2025 18:21:43 GMThttps://www.freebirdbooks.com/home/februarymarch-2025-books-through-bars-drive-scififantasyWe begin 2025 with a call for science fiction and fantasy titles. Books Through Bars receives a steady number of requests for genre books throughout the year, and currently their library is running especially low for sci fi and fantasy. Please help them restock for the coming months.
$30 purchases an assortment of 4 titles from the Tor/Forge catalog (35% off retail)*

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A huge thanks to everyone who contributed to the annual almanac drive, which brought in a record 630 books!  Those should help Books Through Bars fulfill all their almanac requests till the 2026 edition is available in December. Until then, we will continue to fill in the cracks in their library (which we recently cleaned up and organized). To help them restock their fantasy and science fiction sections, we are making available a variety pack of the genre (all Tor/Forge titles) for $30. While donations of used books in this category continue to be dropped off at the store (and please keep them coming), prisons are establishing higher thresholds for the condition and wear-and-tear of the copies. These unstained, undog-eared editions will help guarantee their delivery to incarcerated readers.
]]><![CDATA[Books Through Bars annual almanac drive--help us  collect 600!]]>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 18:04:09 GMThttps://www.freebirdbooks.com/home/books-through-bars-annual-almanac-drive-help-us-collect-600
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We look ahead to 2025 with the release of the latest World Almanac. Books Through Bars is always in short supply of this high demand reference work. Please help them restock for the coming months: $30 purchases 3 almanacs (45% off retail)*

Every year we do a push for the latest almanac--next to dictionaries and comic books the most requested item by incarcerated readers. With the 2025 edition of the World Almanac and Book of Facts soon to pub, we hope you can help us match or exceed last year's tally (540). BTB was able to fulfill requests of that 2024 edition until recently, and now is looking to stock up for the next 12 months. For readers starved of news outside their walls, an almanac provides necessary context of the contemporary scene.

We also want to thank everyone who contributed to our last bundle, featuring three AK press titles: Octavia's Brood, Angels with Dirty Faces, and Grievers. Because of your generosity we will be able to send out another 255 books to prisons nationwide.
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*Each purchased bundle will be delivered directly to Books Through Bars so that they can fulfill requests from incarcerated readers. If you wish to purchase one of these titles for yourself, you can go to https://bookshop.org/shop/FreebirdBooks.
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On Sale

On Sale

World Almanac

$54.00 $30.00

Freebird's November/December 2025 pick include three copies of the 2026 World Almanac-- $30 for three copies


Please note that when Square processes your order they describe it as a "digital delivery". That does not refer to way the books will be delivered to incarcerated readers. Your purchase will go towards NYC Books Through Bars fulfilling requests with physical copies of the aforementioned titles.
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