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,...

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...

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, 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...

• 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...