by Kathleen Wydler | Mar 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
During National Reading Month, we’re grateful to be able to read what we want to read, when we want to read it. Studies show that children who grow up with books of their own are more likely to read at or above grade level, graduate from high school, and have... by Kathleen Wydler | Dec 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
In our 31st year of service, we launched our new Storytime field trip program to bring the joy and wonder of book ownership directly to local elementary school students who select their own books for keeps from our Book Bank shelves. We joined the National Book Access... by Kathleen Wydler | Dec 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
This year, we joined our efforts with two national partnership organizations working to reach more children with high quality books for all. The National Book Access Association expands our resources to provide equal access to books — because everyone regardless of... by Kathleen Wydler | Nov 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
Once again, we’re grateful to our longtime supporter Folio Books for helping us give more beautiful free books to kids who need them, including books in Spanish from our curated wishlist. Tuesday, November 28 at Folio Books We’ll receive 15% of proceeds... by Kathleen Wydler | Nov 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
At the end of October, we were overjoyed to host our first Storytime field trip at our Book Bank, welcoming 19 students and three chaperones from Ms. Wong’s 2nd/3rd grade class at Visatacion Valley Elementary School in San Francisco. After listening raptly to...