Share the Power of Reading

READ TOGETHER, BE TOGETHER is a proud partner of First Book, a literacy non-profit that helps get books into children’s hands across the country. To celebrate the launch of READ TOGETHER, BE TOGETHER, Penguin Random House will donate books to children in need through First Book.

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First Book aims to remove barriers to quality education for all kids by making everything from new, high-quality books and educational resources to sports equipment, winter coats, snacks, and more –affordable to its member network of more than 450,000 educators who exclusively serve kids in need.

 

Since 1992, First Book has distributed more than 185 million books and educational resources to programs and schools serving children from low-income communities. First Book currently reaches an average of 5 million children every year and supports more than one in three of the estimated 1.3 million classrooms and programs serving children in need.

 

With an additional 1,000 educators joining each week, First Book is the largest and fastest-growing network of educators in the United States exclusively serving kids in need. First Book members work in classrooms, after school and summer or early childhood programs, shelters and health clinics, libraries, community programs, military support programs, and other settings serving a majority of children in need.

 

For more information, please visit www.firstbook.org