WHAT IF YOU HAD NO BOOKS?
The best predictor of a child's success in school and future income is the number of books in their home.
AFFORDABILITY
FORTY PERCENT of America's children cannot afford to buy books.
ENDING BOOK HUNGER BY LEA SHAVER
Discover INNOVATIVE nonprofit strategies to bring books within reach of EVERY CHILD, and what YOU can do to help.
"Graceful and compelling prose..." - Anupam Chander
"Fresh, exciting, and engaging..." - Jessica M. Silbey
"I was deeply touched..." - John Green
MAKING BOOKS AFFORDABLE
DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY mails free books to children in high-poverty zip codes.
FIRST BOOK sells new books at steep discounts to teachers and others serving low-income kids.
LEA SHAVER
Author of Ending Book Hunger
Professor Shaver is the world's leading expert on book hunger and the right to read. She is tenured at Indiana University's Robert H. McKinney School of Law, where she teaches copyright law and human rights law. Her research on intellectual property and distributive justice has shaped international law at the United Nations.
