Book Fairies

July 20, 2015 by admin 1586

Our Story

Learn how The Book Fairies began and our mission to improve literacy across metropolitan New York.

Programs

View the The Book Fairies programs run in over 25 school districts and 100 organizations.

DONATE

Help support The Book Fairies mission of providing every child in metropolitan New York with a book to read.

Receive

Click here if your school or organization is considered high need and could benefit from free books.

Number of Books Donated Since 2012:

2,900,000

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We love our “My Weekend is All Booked with The Book Fairies” shirts!

With each shirt you purchase, you not only help The Book Fairies to put books in the hands of underserved children, but you help us to write a new story that goes like this… Once upon a time, ALL CHILDREN had access to books to help them learn, grow and thrive! We are so grateful for your support! From now until September 22, you can purchase t-shirts and tanks for delivery on October 8th!

The Book Fairies collects reading materials for people in need throughout metropolitan New York. The reading materials foster literacy and academic success, provide a respite from personal struggles, and nurture a love of reading across age groups. Learn how you can help.

The Book Fairies Broke a Guinness World Record By Creating the World’s Longest Line of Books!

On Thursday, November 14, 2019, a.k.a Guinness World Record Day, The Book Fairies broke the Guinness World Record for the Longest Line of Books — a feat that required over 25,000 books and extendsedover 2.64 miles! This ground breaking attempt took place in Wyandanch, an underserved Long Island community whose students lack access to books. The books used to successfully break the Guinness World Record were immediately distributed to the children, families and schools of the Wyandanch community.

News & Press

Nonprofit Brings the Joy of Reading to Children – Newsday

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Despite pandemic, nonprofit keeps children reading. CLICK HERE for the full article.

August 26, 2021 178

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‘Book Fairies’ nonprofit helps to keep students reading amid COVID-19 pandemic

June 23, 2020 2181

An effort is being made to ensure students in underprivileged communities have access to books during the COVID-19 pandemic. Grace Ryan, a second-grade teacher in the William Floyd School...

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testimonials

As a teacher in the LYFE Program serving infants and toddlers of young parents I know how important literacy enrichment is. I was interested in encouraging the parents in our program to read to their children daily and develop loving memories which the parents and the children could build from. I found out about Book Fairies by googling book donations. I was interested in in having each family receive a basket of board books to take home and start a library for their child at home. Each family received a basket of books during parent conferences in November. The response has been quite amazing from the parents. Each of the families who received the books clearly did not have many books at home and seemed excited about providing their child with this experience. I think it’s a start in helping them realize what tremendous role models they are for their children. I think literacy opens endless possibilities.

Evelyn AvilaLYFE Teacher, Jeffery Tenzer H.S., New York City

I am a new Universal Literacy Coach in my school. My school inherited a library from a now-defunct middle school and has no current librarian, so student resources are low in terms of books for families. I applied to The Book Fairies based on a tip from an associate, and was TREMENDOUSLY grateful to receive a grant for over 7 boxes of books (about 100 books in total). I picked the books up and distributed them to families during our Back to School Family Night in September. The books were DEVOURED by families, students, and teachers! The books were taken within an hour, and everyone loved the variety of texts and levels! We are definitely appreciative, and look forward to working with The Book Fairies in the future!

Bianca JacksonUniversal Literacy Coach, Grant Avenue Elementary, Bronx, NY

"I wanted to thank you for all of the books that you gave to my program. On July 12th Leake & Watts had its first PCHP graduation. There were 121 people total that attended. Because of the books that I received from Book Fairies I was able to create a “Free Library.” There is such a large population of kids in the Bronx that don’t have books in their home, and I am glad to be a small part of the effort to increase interaction with literature, and increase a love of learning."

Carol Fernandez De La CruzPCHP Coordinator, Leake and Watts Services, Inc, Yonkers

"From your hard work and dedication in the past two weeks, we have donated two reading novels to every child in our school from Kindergarten to the 8th Grade. Children are already using these literature books to complete summer reading projects. The expressions from the children who received these books was riveting to watch."

Dan SeidTeacher, Roosevelt Children's Academy, Roosevelt

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