Giving children’s books (targeting ages 0 to 5) free of charge to low-income families throughout the greater San Francisco Bay Area.

Resources and Services

In California / Silicon Valley

The following organizations offer free literary resources and services to parents/guardians/caregivers of young children.

• First 5 California
• Santa Clara County Library District
• San José Public Library

In Florida

Florida residents can enroll to receive free books for students in grades K–5 from New Worlds Reading.

For Parents

These materials discuss the benefits of reading with young children:

• Sophie Brickman, Baby, Unplugged: One Mother’s Search for Balance, Reason, and Sanity in the Digital Age (HarperCollins, 2021)
• Diana Opong, “How Reading Aloud Can Help You Bond with Your Kids and Make Them Better Readers,” NPR, October 1, 2021
• Leah Shafer, “Reading to Rewire,” Harvard Graduate School of Education, September 18, 2017. For children at risk of dyslexia, early reading at home may reroute the brain’s networks, building new capacity.

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