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Summer Closing Dates

May 14, 2010

The Oakland A’s book drive is postponed. But, the A’s have donated free tickets for everyone who volunteered. So if you signed up, please come by the book project and pick up your ticket(s).

To contact us, email eastbaycbp@gmail.com.

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Our mission

December 21, 2009

The East Bay Children’s Book Project helps build literacy by putting books into the hands of children who have little or no access to them. Working through individuals and organizations who help children in need, we have given out nearly half a million free books since opening our doors in May 2005.

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Did you know that every time you pick up a book for fun you help teach children to read?  This year, make your own personal reading part of your kids’ summer reading program.

Do you have a pile of books waiting because you’re too busy to read?  Do you put off reading “fun” books because you feel you should read “important” ones?  You are not only depriving yourself of pleasure, says children’s literature commentator Sharon Levin, you’re setting a bad example for the kids who look up to you.  “As long as the message is that reading is not fun, not an activity we CHOOSE to do and make the time for, then no amount of lip service will convince a child otherwise,” says Levin in her recent online article “Raising a Reader” in the Bay Area Parent, Silicon Valley edition enewsletter.  “[T]here is a huge impact for a child in seeing her teacher prioritizing and enjoying reading time.”  And, says Levin, what makes reading enjoyable is – reading books that one enjoys!  Never mind whether the books are “good,” or “edifying,” or “challenging.”  If you don’t like it, you won’t read it; and the same rule goes for kids.

So pick up that summer reading!  And maybe you should even read some fun kids’ books while you’re at it.  You’re never too old to enjoy a truly great children’s book – and it will give you something to talk about with the kids.  Oh, and by the way: the East Bay Children’s Book Project can always use donations of great children’s books, especially new picture books and board books.  Here’s how you can donate to us.

Happy summer reading!

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The East Bay Children’s Book Project helps put books into the homes of children who don’t have them.  Now a study says that children who grow up in homes with books are more likely to stay in school for longer – and that this may be true whether their parents are highly literate or not.  And here’s the best part – you can help do something about it!  (Read all the way to the end …) Read More…

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Children’s Book Week, May 10-16 2010

May 14, 2010

Children’s Book Week is May 10-16, 2010.  Children’s Book Week began in 1919 with the amazing idea that children’s lives could be changed by books.  Today, the East Bay Children’s Book Project is changing children’s lives by giving out hundreds of thousands of books.  Read this post to find out how you can be part [...]

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