Meet Innovative Services NW, one of the Children’s Book Bank’s community partners! Innovative Services NW’s early learning and childcare program serves children ages 1 – 5 years, many… Read More ›

Four new Little Free Libraries opened near Robert Gray Middle School and Bridlemile Elementary School in 2022! The Children’s Book Bank partnered with Positive Charge! PDX, the Timbers,… Read More ›

SMART Volunteer Sue has been reading with kids for over a decade! Here’s what she has to say about her experience, including going remote in 2020 and getting… Read More ›

There are lots of reasons why reading at home is beneficial for your child! Research shows that having books at home and reading just 20 minutes a day… Read More ›

Here’s a list of the top 25 books this year that kids in the SMART program love to read!

To read the the first installment of Randall’s story, click here. For the second installment, click here.  Today, reflecting on his experience in SMART Reading, Randall credits the… Read More ›

To read the first installment in Randall’s story, click here.  After his volunteer would retrieve Randall from class, they’d walk together down the long hallway to the SMART… Read More ›

For Springfield second-grader, Randall, the classroom wasn’t a friendly place to be. His classmates teased and bullied him for being gay, and he looked for any opportunity to… Read More ›

At SMART Reading, our mission is to spark joy and opportunity through the magic of a shared book. Each child in our program receives 14 new books of… Read More ›