Free Books for Kids!

Your donations will go toward funding a free book fair for one Title I elementary school in the Dallas Independent School District, allowing every student (600 kids) to go through the fair and pick out and take home a brand-new, free book that aligns with their reading interests and levels, and ultimately encourage their love of reading and improve their reading proficiency. 

At each fair, we fill our shelves with 2,000 brand-new books spanning various reading levels, genres, abilities, and languages, creating a space where kids can explore and deepen their reading interests. 

Every child who walks into the Pop-Up Books fair takes home one brand-new, free book of their choosing at no cost to them, their family, or their school or program, for their home library. Lack of access to relevant books in the home — especially for families with young children — is a significant contributor to persistent and pervasive educational disparities. According to a study published in the Journal of Global Health, the “likelihood of being on track in literacy and numeracy almost doubled if at least one book was available in a student’s home.” 

Since our founding, more than 6,645 kids have found a book that captured their interest and advanced their reading proficiency at one of our free book fairs.