Children’s Book Project gives books to children who need them for literacy, learning, and life.
Our goal is to create a more socially just world by providing books for free to children from under-resourced communities. Literacy attainment is directly tied to academic achievement and lifetime outcomes, yet children living in economically disadvantaged circumstances do not have the same access to books as their more affluent peers. Children’s Book Project is committed to closing the opportunity gap and lifting up our community by raising readers and ultimately paving the way for lifelong learning and literacy.
Our News
Cole Hardware Is All In for Us This September!
For the whole month of September, our longtime community partner Cole Hardware will collect spare change at registers AND children’s book donations at all store locations in San Francisco and Oakland. Thanks, Cole Hardware, for your ongoing generous support of our mission to give free books to children who need them!
Storytime Inspires Young Readers
The Library of Congress’ new National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Mac Barnett, led Storytime at our Book Bank. Mac (pictured at back) read from his graphic novel The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza with 5th graders from a local Title 1 elementary school and answered their urgent questions about reading and writing. Mac captivated the students, who each received a free, signed copy of his book, plus more free books they selected for themselves from our Book Ban shelves. Mac loved the experience as much as the kids did!
Our Book Bank is open by appointment to Give Books, Get Books, and Volunteer!
Click the links to schedule online.
Know before you go:
Properly fitted face masks encouraged inside the Book Bank.
So far in 2025:
685
VOLUNTEER HOURS
92,341
BOOKS RECEIVED
86,719
BOOKS GIVEN AWAY
3,390,723
BOOKS GIVEN AWAY SINCE 1992
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