We Give Books is a free website that enables anyone with access to the Internet to put books in the hands of children who don’t have them, simply by reading online.

Simply choose the charity you want to read for and then select the books you want to read. For each book you read online, we donate a book to a leading literacy group on your behalf.

The more you read, the more we give.

Choose

First, get started by choosing the literacy organization your own online reading will support. Choose Room to Read, for example, to help support libraries for young people around the world. Select the NEA Foundation’s Books Across America program to help stock libraries in need across the United States. You can even support community-based campaigns hosted by local school districts or nonprofits.

One of the aims of We Give Books is to encourage the conversations with your child that will better ensure he or she becomes a life-long giver. As you consider the non-profit organizations from which you can choose, take time to talk through the goals of each charity and your reasons for selecting the one you do.

As long as you’re a member, you can support as many campaigns as you like. We Give Books even keeps track of the books you’ve donated to each campaign fo you.

Read

With your literacy campaign selected, it’s time to read.

Next, select a title from our ever-growing library of great children’s books and start reading online with a child in your life. Each time you read a book online, you help give a brand-new hardcover or paperback book from the Penguin and Dorling Kindersley library to the campaign you’ve selected. Read as many books as you like, as many times as you like.

Every campaign has its own donation goal. Once a campaign you’ve supported reaches its goal, you and your child will receive a personalized letter of thanks for your effort.

We’ll be adding new books each month to We Give Books. If you’re a member, we’ll send you an email automatically to tell you when new books arrive.

Books at We Give Books are always free. And you and your child can read your favorite titles as often as you like, any time you like.

Share

Your reading at We Give Books helps share books with young people who need them. It also helps the great non-profit organizations with whom we’ve joined forces to support these young people.

If you like We Give Books, please spread the word.

As a member, you can learn more about the importance of early reading and about the great literacy campaigns supported by We Give Books. If you like, you can also create reading groups, community reading-a-thons, or giving drives.

Your reading – and your giving – can be as social or independent as you want.

We Give Books Team