Our Mission
The mission of Books for Change USA is to provide access to quality books both locally and globally. Books for Change USA will support book distribution programs and other educational initiates especially in communities with high poverty and low literacy rates. Books for Change USA will work to create and empower a global community of readers one book and one child at a time.
Our Work
Books for Change USA supports book access for all in an effort to increase literacy rates and a love of reading. Our team is available with free books for local community and school events throughout the year. We believe in supporting educators and currently offer grants to help teachers build their classroom libraries with high-quality and culturally relevant books. We also host and support book clubs that explore important topics and build new communities of readers. A project that is close to our hearts is supporting the work of Luis Soriano in La Gloria, Columbia. He is our inspiration and friend!
1.4 million more words
Young children whose parents read them five books a day enter kindergarten having heard about 1.4 million more words than children who were never read to.
20 books
Children growing up in homes with at least twenty books get three more years of schooling than children from bookless homes.
13%
Only 13% of children's books written in the past 24 years contain multicultural content.