Rather than stressing about summer learning loss, researchers urge focusing on the joy of learning. While reading is especially important to keep up in the summer, children have more time to dive into topics they can't pursue during the school year. A meta-analysis of...

Children who can’t read face increased odds of incarceration, homelessness, and unemployment as adults. National literacy activist Kareem Weaver believes literacy is the greatest civil rights issue of our time and is fighting for better reading instruction, saying,...

From May 6 – 12, Children's Book Week celebrates the theme No Rules. Just Read. Speaking to the joy and pride of reading what you want, when you want, and how you want, the theme highlights that there's no right way or right thing to read. Reading builds curiosity,...

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 better...

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...

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...

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 from in-store...

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 some...

We're honored once again to receive one of the first Top-Rated Awards of 2023 from GreatNonprofits.org! Read inspiring stories about us and add your own at https://greatnonprofits.org/org/childrens-book-project

During Banned Books Week this October 1–7, we reaffirm our belief that uncensored and equitable access to books is essential to democracy and self-government, to personal development and social progress, and to every individual's inalienable right to life, liberty,...