2021 by the Numbers

November 2020… …November 2021 1 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...

Giving Season at Folio Books

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,...

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...

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...

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...