Book Bank
Wide Reach, Solid Results
The Philadelphia Reads' Book Bank is located at Martin Luther King High School, 6100 Stenton Avenue, Philadelphia. Hundreds of businesses, congregations and civic groups across the region support the Children’s Book Bank by holding book drives each year.
520 educators used the Book Bank in the 2008-2009 school year. They report their classroom libraries grew from an average of 141 books to 228 books, and rose dramatically in literary and physical quality. Three-quarters said their students spent more time reading independently once they got new books from the Book Bank.
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By the end of the year, the percentage of their pupils reading at or above grade level rose from 38% to 53%.The Book Bank is sponsored by the Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation, Kinder Morgan Foundation, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia 76ers, Susquehanna International Group LLP (SIG),Vanguard and amazing individual donors.
The PHILADELPHIA READS Children’s Book Bank, based at Martin Luther King High School, has given away well over a quarter of a million new and gently used donated books, plus various school supplies, to teachers in under-resourced public, charter and religious schools, pre-K centers, and other educational sites. The purpose is to improve classroom libraries and reading corners thus strengthen children’s emerging literacy skills. With about half of Philadelphia pupils reading below grade level by fourth grade, the program is addressing a dire educational need.
Contact info@philareads.org for more information.
The Book Bank is open for the 2011 - 2012 school year!
Teachers in public schools, day care centers and other educational sites in Philadelphia are invited to select up to 400 books for their classroom libraries.
The Book Bank is in the Martin Luther King High School. Open Wednesdays from 2:30 to 5:30 pm.
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