A Book A Day interns assisted with creating a catalog of children’s books for schools in the West Philadelphia area. The interns also helped execute a heart-healthy recipe event for…
Category: Our Community
As a grassroots organization, A Book a Day is proud to remain rooted in the West Philadelphia community while also expanding our efforts to other areas of the city that are in need of our engaging and diverse books. Our regular donations support the following partners: Puentes de Salud, the Mobile Dental Bus, Henry C. Lea School, Title I public school libraries, and Philly FIGHT, as well as to a variety of community organizations for back-to-school nights and other events.
Please request a book from these eight titles. All titles are hardcover copies.
Children’s safety is our first priority. Since March 27, 2020, we have been using a UV-C germicidal sanitizing light to sterilize each book before donating it. We are continuing to…
We are happy to announce that our program is supporting the PAS’s Equity Circle Summer 2020 Reading with ordering copies of Something Happened in Our Town. The books are available…
Over the month of June, our program pulled a title a day from our donations archive to help parents in selecting books to read with their children. You can see…
Many thanks to our wonderful neighbor, Erica Feldman, and her family, for providing this generous donation of gently-used books. Michael Row, the former owner of the Penn Book Center, stopped…
Event Description: On October 27th, 2018, we held an event called Booklava at Bindlestiff Books located in West Philadelphia – a baklava fundraiser for the A Book A Day Program. The purpose…
A donation of 11 books marks the beginning of our partnership with the African Community Learning Program. These titles will help the ACLP build their own library and enrich their…