Every Story Begins With a Book — You Can Put One in Their Hands

61% of low-income families don’t have children’s books at home. Over 43% of Virginia children cannot read by third grade. You can give them the gift of reading that lasts a lifetime.

Thanks to a 50% cost-match from the Commonwealth of Virginia, your gift will go twice as far.

Other Ways to Give 👇

What people like you have made possible:

6,300+

Kids getting free books every month

210,000

Total books mailed since 2019

11,320

Total kids served
with free books

1 in 4

Kids under five in each locality enrolled

Other Ways to Give

Join the Book Club

Monthly giving helps us plan confidently and sustain book delivery throughout the year. By giving monthly, you’re ensuring that more children grow up with books that spark curiosity and a love of reading.

Start Your Monthly Gift

Join the Storyteller Society

Our community of multi-year donors who help secure the future of our local Imagination Library program so children can count on receiving free, high quality books each month.

Become a Storyteller

Employer Matching

See if your employer will match your gift and help expand access to free, high quality books for families in our community.

Check Your Match

Sponsor a Community

Partner with us to ensure every child in your community has access to free, high quality books. You can bring the Imagination Library to more families and keep enrollment open.

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Shop at Kroger

Connect your Kroger account and they will make a donation each time you shop at no cost to you. Each Kroger trip can give 3 free books to kids.

Connect Your Account

Donate Stock

By giving appreciated securities, you may receive additional tax benefits and strengthen our ability to deliver free books to children year round

Donor Advised Fund

Recommend a grant from your Donor Advised Fund to help sustain book delivery for families and strengthen our local Imagination Library program.

Enter your desired grant amount in the form above and select “Donor Advised Fund” at checkout.