Going Strong at 29 Years!
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 24,956...
Cole Hardware Is All In for Us This August!
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 free...
Children’s Book Project Receives CA COVID Relief Grant
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,...
We’re on a Roll!
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 and...
Children’s Book Project Awarded NSI Grant
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 new Book Bank...
It’s Been One Year…
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 back...
Miss San Joaquin County and Children’s Book Project Join Forces
Miss San Joaquin County, Our Literacy ChampionWe are thrilled to partner with Miss San Joaquin County, our Literacy Champion! Emily Grimmius is a fearless advocate for students across California, and has created the Read Dream Succeed Initiative to promote literacy...
The Children’s Book Project Met Crucial Needs in 2020
• Almost 80,000 children's books donated by individuals, local Book Bag hosts, businesses, publishers, authors, and organizers of book drives... • Nearly 60,000 children’s books given away... • More than 400 clients serving thousands of high-need kids at Title 1...
In Memoriam: Kathryn Olney 1955 – 2021
We honor the late Kathryn Olney, who died peacefully at home on January 14th after a nearly four-year battle with breast cancer. An investigative journalist, Kathryn volunteered and served on the Board of Directors of the Children's Book Project for many years,...
Why Do You Support the Children’s Book Project?
Drawing of Risa by her father, artist Sol Schwartz Our Board President Risa Schwartz shares why she's so passionate about our mission: "Throughout my life, I’ve turned to books, which have opened my world, challenged my beliefs, and inspired my creativity. Watching...