Students from low-income families tend to live in communities with underperforming and underfunded school systems that lack the resources to stock school and classroom libraries. Book Fairies floods “book desert” neighborhoods with high-interest books necessary to increase literacy rates. We collaborate with community members to understand the types of books, quantities, subject matters, and the diversity of characters and authors needed to engage children. Our dedication to supporting literacy programs extends to developing nations worldwide through our Global Literacy Initiative partnerships.

Volunteers spend thousands of hours sorting through new and gently used books donated by community members, bookstores, publishers, and authors. Every book is checked for age and condition before it is sorted into general age categories. Our generous financial donors help Book Fairies fund community book fairs, book celebrations, and public bookshelves where teachers and students can select all of the books they need to support literacy development and the love of reading.

*Book Fairies does not, by policy or practice, discriminate against a person or group on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, marital or military status, or based on any individual’s status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.