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Worldwide, at least one billion children suffer from book hunger. Books are too few, too expensive, or simply not being published in the languages they speak.

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English has over 55,000 picture books. Portuguese has just 2000, and Zulu 500. More than 560 languages are used in primary education. Most of these lack a viable children's book industry.

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The UN has set a goal that by 2030, all children should be in school and learning well. To provide 1000 titles in 500 languages, more than half a million new children’s titles must be created.

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The most powerful predictor of a child’s future is the number of books in their home. This “book effect” holds true in countries rich and poor, capitalist and communist, and across all cultures.

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There are seven billion cell phones on the planet today. Each one is potentially a digital library, offering free and easy access to a wealth of titles in hundreds of languages.