Member ReaderToReader

We're using LibraryThing to let our school libraries get a better idea of what books we currently have in our stockroom and actually choose exactly what books they need. This is an experiment in databasing for us. Thank you LibraryThing!!

***Please see our website or contact us if you have books you'd like to donate.

Based on the campus of Amherst College, Reader To Reader, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public charity dedicated
to bringing books, free of charge, to needy school libraries and public libraries across the United States.

Fact: 60% of underprivileged children do not own a single book.

This makes a well-stocked school library a critical resource hub that is a necessity not a luxury.

Reader To Reader, Inc.serves the nation’s poorest communities, including inner-city schools, Native American Reservations, and poor rural towns, where the need for books is acute.

Results

***Over 1,200,000 books shipped to rebuild school libraries devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

***Over 400 under-resourced across the U.S. receive books from the Reader To Reader program
throughout their school year.

***Major Reader To Reader initiatives in Bridgeport, Connecticut; Louisiana, rural Mississippi,
Detroit, Michigan; Massachusetts; rural Maine; the Navajo Reservation; and Compton, California.