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Providing Remote Reading Help and Diverse Books for K-5th Grade Students

Our Mission

Increasing literacy levels and sparking the joy of reading in K-5th grade students in underserved communities

Our Three Core Programs

Reading Buddies

Leveraging our unique one-on-one virtual (Zoom-based)Reading Buddy model to increase literacy level of K-5th grade students

Book Distribution

Delivering over 10,000 books per month to hospitals, schools, community organizations and Little Free Libraries to support their literacy programming

Free In-Person Book Store

Our Kids Read opened the country’s first free children’s book store in 2025 where children in Baltimore, MD can pick out 10 free books each,  Fri – Sun. (this is the first of several free children’s bookstores planned to open across the country, supported by publishers and local authors).

Who Support Us

A few of the organizations that support Our Kids Read with in-kind, grant and volunteer support follow (for a full list visit our Sponsors section):