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It’s a good morning to spread some holiday cheer. So let’s take a break
from the usual writing or publishing message this morning so that I can
highlight some very worthwhile book charities.
Little Free
Library
Todd Boll started Little Free Library as a tribute to his schoolteacher
mother’s love of reading. He built a model of a schoolhouse, filled it
with books, and mounted it in front of his house for neighbors to
exchange reading materials. Following a motto of “Take a book. Leave a
book.,” the concept spread across the Midwest and beyond. Today, there
are over 50,000 registered Little Free Libraries in all 50 states and
over 70 countries. Little Free Library is a registered nonprofit
organization that inspires a love of reading, builds community, and sparks
creativity by fostering neighborhood book exchanges around the world. To
learn more about how this worldwide movement got started, go here.
First Book
Since 1992, First Book has distributed more than 170 million books and
educational resources to programs and schools serving children from
low-income families in more than 30 countries. First Book currently
reaches an average of 3 million children every year and supports more
than one in four of the estimated 1.3 million classrooms and programs
serving children in need. First Book members also work in shelters and
health clinics, libraries, community programs, military support programs,
and other settings serving a majority of children in need. Go here to learn more.
Book Aid
International
This charity supplies books, donated by publishers, to public, community
and school libraries across Africa. By partnering with national library
services, government departments, and NGOs, they can send up to one
million brand new, carefully selected books to Africa each year. In many
communities, books are scarce and public, community, and school libraries
have limited budgets and few new books. Book Aid International provides
books that enrich, improve, and change the lives of an estimated 24
million readers every year. Learn how you can participate here.
During this warm holiday season, I invite BookBaby community members to
join me in supporting these tremendous programs to promote world
literacy.
Happy holidays from your friends at BookBaby!
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