Book Fairies sources and redistributes books to under-resourced communities on Long Island, NYC and internationally to provide equitable opportunities for children to learn, grow, and thrive.
Book Fairies began in 2012 with the goal of fostering the love of reading in children and has grown to be the largest book donation organization in the Tri-State area. CLICK HERE!
ROOM TO READ believes World Change Starts with Educated Children®, Room to Read is creating a world free from illiteracy and gender inequality. We are achieving this goal by helping children in historically low-income communities develop literacy skills and a habit of reading, and by supporting girls as they build skills to succeed in school and negotiate key life decisions.
gives books to children who need them for equity in literacy, learning, and life.
They aim to create a more socially just world by providing books for free to under-resourced children. The Children’s Book Project is committed to closing the opportunity gap and lifting up our community by raising readers.
BURLINGAME Public Library Teen Blog Bulingamereads This Instagram blog is filled with weekly book reviews by teens for teens! Follow them on IG @burlingamereads
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY TEEN CENTERS
Calling all teens! The New York Public Library is here for you today and to help you prepare for the future. Check out digital resources, tech equipment, art materials, and more at our expanded Teen Centers. Join us for free programs and events, get access to millions of books and e-books, and much more just for teens. See you at the Library!
CLOSING THE LITERACY GAP
YLIL & SI Raise $1500 for Literacy Youth Leaders in LIT: Advocates for Literature & Literacy led a two day fundraiser to bring awareness to closing the literacy gap. St. Ignatius College Preparatory Students raised $1500 which was donated to the Children’s Book Project in San Francisco to aid in their mission to provide books to the underserved in the Bay Area. VIDEO HERE
It’s ‘Alarming’: Children Are Severely Behind in Reading
March 8, 2022 The fallout from the pandemic is just being felt. “We’re in new territory,” educators say.Children are behind, and teachers trained in phonics, like Garensha John, are in short supply. Ms. John leads a first-grade class at Capital Preparatory Harbor Lower School in Bridgeport, Conn.Credit...Christopher Capozziel
Children's Book Project: Our Hero of the Week: As we celebrate the countless contributions of women and girls to society during Women's History Month, we call out Marycora, who pre-sorted and delivered 783 beautiful books collected in the recent St. Ignatius HS #BookDrive
Thank you, Marycora, @siyouthlit, and the St. Ignatius HS community, for your support of our mission to give books to children
FREE LITERACY RESOURCES
SIMONTEEN
AMERICANLITERATURE.COM
ROOM TO READ
SIMONREADS is Simon & Schuster Publishing House FREE resource for Young Adult/ Teen readers. Full teen novels and video tidbits to engage with a YA audience.
ROOM TO READ
AMERICANLITERATURE.COM
ROOM TO READ
Room to Read purchases millions of children’s books to distribute around the world and our free online digital library, LiteracyCloud.org, hosts thousands of titles in 33+ languages, providing primary school students with the resources and guidance they need to build a strong foundation in literacy.
AMERICANLITERATURE.COM
AMERICANLITERATURE.COM
AMERICANLITERATURE.COM
A comprehensive digital library of world literature from Frederick Douglass to Oscar Wilde.
LITERATURE CONNECTS
David Nihill, Marycora Pattison, Fintan O'Toole and Catriona Crowe at the Consulate General of Ireland in San Francisco Hinterland West reception. 2022
One of Ireland's most respected and leading public intellectuals, Fintan O'Toole presenting on his latest work, We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland
Catherine Flynn is an Associate Professor in the English Department at UC Berkeley and Director of Irish Studies. She is one of the world’s leading Joycean scholars, and spoke on her new centenary edition of Ulysses from Cambridge University Press.
PHILANTHROPY AT WORK
VOLUNTEER
SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY Volunteer Opportunities
SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY Volunteer Opportunities
SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY Volunteer Opportunities
Summer Youth Volunteers is a program for rising 8th-12 graders to support Summer Stride--the Library's all-ages learning program--for 10 hours or more during June, July, and August.
Summer Stride kicked off June 1, and applications for Summer Youth Volunteers open in late April.
ORGANIZE A BOOK DRIVE
SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY Volunteer Opportunities
SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY Volunteer Opportunities
The Children's Book Project of San Francisco is always in need of books to provide to underserved Bay Area children! You could make a difference by organizing a SUMMER BOOK DRIVE! People are happy to help children who need books by donating new books and like-new books that their family have outgrown. The CBP is grateful for members of the community, like you, that are willing to lead a book drive that could potentially bring in anywhere from 50 to 5,000 children’s books. The CBP distributes over 10,000 free books every month to children who need them, so your drive is crucial to fulfilling their mission!
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