Provides all children between the ages of 0 to 5 to receive a high-quality, age-appropriate book to all registered children, addressed to them, at no cost to the child's family.
Provides all children between the ages of 0 to 5 to receive a high-quality, age-appropriate book to all registered children, addressed to them, at no cost to the child's family.
Imagination Library is a preschool based program where children (birth to 5 years) can receive a new book in the mail every month until age 5 to enhance their reading skills.
Imagination Library is a preschool based program where children (birth to 5 years) can receive a new book in the mail every month until age 5 to enhance their reading skills.
Provides and distributes books to increase book ownership among children who are under-served.
Also donate your new and gently used books books.
Note: Find a book donation location at https://www.berniesbookbank.org/donate-books/book-drop-locations/
Provides and distributes books to increase book ownership among children who are under-served.
Also donate your new and gently used books books.
Note: Find a book donation location at https://www.berniesbookbank.org/donate-books/book-drop-locations/
Offers the Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which is dedicated to inspiring a love of reading by gifting books free of charge to children from birth to age five, through funding shared by Dolly Parton and United Way of Mahaska County. Go to the Dolly Parton Imagination Library website to apply or call United Way of Mahaska County to start receiving free books.
Offers the Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which is dedicated to inspiring a love of reading by gifting books free of charge to children from birth to age five, through funding shared by Dolly Parton and United Way of Mahaska County. Go to the Dolly Parton Imagination Library website to apply or call United Way of Mahaska County to start receiving free books.
Free service offered to all enrolled children ages 0-5 of the Iowa Tribe living in the service area. Once enrolled, your child will receive a free book monthly.
Free service offered to all enrolled children ages 0-5 of the Iowa Tribe living in the service area. Once enrolled, your child will receive a free book monthly.
Sponsors three book boxes around the community to help promote literacy. Individuals may take a book or leave a book; when done, books may be returned to any Little Library or passed onto a friend.
Current locations:
2554 40th Avenue (Columbus Housing Authority)
3286 53rd Avenue (Central Nebraska Community Action Partnership - Head Start)
1071 21st Avenue (St. Luke's Rainbow Preschool)
3214 25th Street (TeamMates office)
Sponsors three book boxes around the community to help promote literacy. Individuals may take a book or leave a book; when done, books may be returned to any Little Library or passed onto a friend.
Current locations:
2554 40th Avenue (Columbus Housing Authority)
3286 53rd Avenue (Central Nebraska Community Action Partnership - Head Start)
- Reading for Life: Provides literacy workshops and distributes reading materials. Partners with Silver Cross to provide reading rooms and lending libraries. Materials focus on early childhood literacy, but options exist for all ages.
- Writing Lab: Lab for improving computer literacy as well as essay and general writing skills.
- Workshops: Community workshops for things like leadership development, financial literacy, and health/wellness.
- Reading for Life: Provides literacy workshops and distributes reading materials. Partners with Silver Cross to provide reading rooms and lending libraries. Materials focus on early childhood literacy, but options exist for all ages.
- Writing Lab: Lab for improving computer literacy as well as essay and general writing skills.
- Workshops: Community workshops for things like leadership development, financial literacy, and health/wellness.
The resource library has several books for both children and adults. The adult books are a collection of books with parenting tips and techniques for foster and adoptive parents. These may be used for personal use or to gain training hours toward foster parent licensure.
The resource library has several books for both children and adults. The adult books are a collection of books with parenting tips and techniques for foster and adoptive parents. These may be used for personal use or to gain training hours toward foster parent licensure.
The resource library has several books for both children and adults. The adult books are a collection of books with parenting tips and techniques for foster and adoptive parents. These may be used for personal use or to gain training hours toward foster parent licensure.
The resource library has several books for both children and adults. The adult books are a collection of books with parenting tips and techniques for foster and adoptive parents. These may be used for personal use or to gain training hours toward foster parent licensure.
The resource library has several books for both children and adults. The adult books are a collection of books with parenting tips and techniques for foster and adoptive parents. These may be used for personal use or to gain training hours toward foster parent licensure.
The resource library has several books for both children and adults. The adult books are a collection of books with parenting tips and techniques for foster and adoptive parents. These may be used for personal use or to gain training hours toward foster parent licensure.
A volunteer working group of the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center that collects books from the community to provide them to people incarcerated in Illinois at no cost to them, by mail, and in Champaign county jail and Juvenile Detention Center. Volunteers primarily interact with prisoners by reading their letters, selecting books from a collection of donated materials, and shipping those books directly to them in response to their requests, or by entering the county jail once a week to provide books and library services.
A volunteer working group of the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center that collects books from the community to provide them to people incarcerated in Illinois at no cost to them, by mail, and in Champaign county jail and Juvenile Detention Center. Volunteers primarily interact with prisoners by reading their letters, selecting books from a collection of donated materials, and shipping those books directly to them in response to their requests, or by entering the county jail once a week to provide books and library services.
Funds Dolly Parton's Imagination Library for McHenry County. All children in McHenry County from birth to age 5 can be signed up by a parent to receive a free book in the mail each month.
Funds Dolly Parton's Imagination Library for McHenry County. All children in McHenry County from birth to age 5 can be signed up by a parent to receive a free book in the mail each month.
The resource library has several books for both children and adults. The adult books are a collection of books with parenting tips and techniques for foster and adoptive parents. These may be used for personal use or to gain training hours toward foster parent licensure.
The resource library has several books for both children and adults. The adult books are a collection of books with parenting tips and techniques for foster and adoptive parents. These may be used for personal use or to gain training hours toward foster parent licensure.
Offers a book giving program that mails free books to children from birth to age five. To help increase literacy skills, encourage school readiness, and engage children in one of the most fundamental skills necessary to succeed in life - Reading!
The books will arrive about 8-10 weeks after registration has been approved.
Offers a book giving program that mails free books to children from birth to age five. To help increase literacy skills, encourage school readiness, and engage children in one of the most fundamental skills necessary to succeed in life - Reading!
The books will arrive about 8-10 weeks after registration has been approved.
