by Kathleen Wydler | Oct 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
Since 1992, we’ve been giving free books to children who need them for equity in literacy, learning, and life. This October, we’re celebrating 29 years of service and have tallied up our biggest month ever despite the pandemic — 18,523 books given away and... by Kathleen Wydler | Aug 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
This August, our longtime community partner Cole Hardware will collect spare change at their registers AND children’s book donations at all their store locations in San Francisco and Oakland. Thanks, Cole Hardware, for your ongoing support of our mission to give... by Kathleen Wydler | Jul 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Children’s Book Project has been awarded a $15,000 California COVID Relief Grant in recognition of our ongoing work during the pandemic to give free books to children who need them. Research shows that children who grow up with books do better in literacy,... by Kathleen Wydler | Jul 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
We’re making our new Book Bank more comfortable, serving more clients every month, and have given out more free books for children who need them in the first six months of 2021 than in all of last year. We’re receiving ever more donations of beautiful, new... by Cleo Blackketter | Apr 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Supported by Community Vision, with funding from the San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development’s Nonprofit Sustainability Initiative, we’re thrilled to receive a Relocation and Renovation Program Award and Reopening Grant for our... by Cleo Blackketter | Mar 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Since my students got books from [the Children’s Book Project], something is happening I’ve never seen before. They’re so excited about the books—we’re on Zoom and they share what they’re reading and talk about their favorite series with one another. I just sit...