FIRST BOOK TRANSFORMS THE NATION
WITH BOLD, NEW
STATE OF LITERACY 

To become the lifelong learners that power our society children need books.

First Book will create unprecedented levels of impact on literacy in your state bringing 200,000 books to children without them.

Join the State of Literacy Initiative uniting private-sector, education and community leaders in this unique opportunity to raise literacy levels in-state with permanent, steady access to books from First Book.

Low-income neighborhoods average only 1 book for every 300 children, compared to 13 books per child in middle-income neighborhoods.

Tomorrow’s entrepreneurs, inventors, thought leaders, educators and change agents need books today.

We won’t stop until each child waiting for us has a book in their life.

Just $2.50 provides a brand new book for a child in need.

Imagine what $500,000 can do.

Join the literacy movement sweeping your state.

Books create readers. First Book’s mission of creating a steady stream of new, age-appropriate books has been shown to nearly triple interest in reading within months.

“Access to books and educational material is the single greatest barrier to literacy development in the United States and beyond. If we can solve the problem of access, we will be well on the road to realizing educational parity – a goal which has eluded this country since its founding.”
- Susan B. Neuman, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement