The Children's Book Bank
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Mission Statement
The Children’s Book Bank is committed to growing a love for reading by ensuring equal access to books for all children in Toronto.
About This Cause
The Children’s Book Bank provides free books and literacy support to children living in high-needs neighbourhoods across Toronto. Since 2008, the Book Bank has operated a beautiful storefront space located in the Regent Park/St. James Town/ Moss Park neighbourhood which welcomes school and camp groups as well as families and their children to listen to stories, browse our collection, and choose a favourite book to take home to keep. Our outreach program partners with hundreds of community organizations in Toronto's high priority neighborhoods to ensure that children across the city can access free books. In 2022, the Book Bank moved its storefront to Daniels Spectrum, in the heart of Regent Park. In 2021, The Children’s Book Bank gave away 110,000 donated gently used books. The book bank model is a sustainable approach to literacy development. According to a study by Frontier College, “Higher literacy can boost the economic and financial success of individuals and the economy as a whole. It can reduce poverty, improve health, lift community engagement and lead to a higher standard of living. In fact, it is hard to identify any other single issue that can have such a large payoff to individuals, the economy and society.”