By providing children with books they can take home and keep, First Book gives children an important start on the path toward literacy.
In middle income homes there are 13 books for every child but in low-income neighborhoods, the ratio is one age-appropriate book for every 300 children, putting these children at a critical disadvantage in the classroom and in the everyday world.
First Book is an award-winning nonprofit organization with a simple mission: to give children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books.
Since 1992, First Book has provided more than 55 million new age-appropriate books to children in need in thousands of communities in the United States.
