Leonard Kessler wrote and illustrated hundreds of children’s books that celebrate the joy of being yourself. His self-portrait graces the republished edition of Mr. Pine’s Purple House. Our longtime supporter and friend Leonard Kessler, author and illustrator of...

https://youtu.be/OLE9BjnlTUg Amanda's Title 1 students advanced from 10% to 70% reading at grade level — during the pandemic! — thanks to all the free books they got to keep for their very own from the Children's Book Project. On March 12, 2020, due to the emerging...

Thanks to your generous year-end gifts, we've exceeded our donor matching grant of $50,000! We're so encouraged by your strong support of our mission, and look forward to offering another year of dedicated service in challenging times. This year, we'll celebrate our...

We're thrilled to announce that a group of anonymous benefactors will match every dollar up to $50,000 that we receive through the end of the year. Your generous tax-deductible gift will go twice as far to help us continue to offer free books to children who need them...

November 2020......November 20211 year ago, we relocated our Book Bank to the Bayview District in San Francisco, and ever since are thriving and working better than ever to get books to children who need them most: 4 programs to meet community needs: Read Aloud for...

We're grateful for the longtime support of independent Noe Valley bookseller Folio Books! Check out our curated Giving Tree wishlist in-store and at foliosf.com through the end of the holiday season. Your purchase from the Giving Tree helps us give new, in-demand...

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...

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...

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,...