Book Worm Angels is a 501(c)(3)
not-for-profit organization founded in 1999 to help children achieve
proficiency in and a love for reading. We deliver new and gently used
books for classroom lending libraries. The books are fun, general
interest books appropriate for Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grades. We
provide about 6,000 fun, general interest books for classroom lending
libraries in a typical school of 600 students.
In Chicago, there are over 140 elementary schools
where the majority of the children read below grade level. The children
in those schools rarely see anyone reading for enjoyment, and come to
think of reading as work...worse yet, SCHOOL work. Book Worm Angels
establishes classroom lending libraries in those schools so that
children can discover that reading can be enjoyable...and by so doing,
learn to read better...and in time to become better students. As of
April,2008, we have collected and delivered over 1,100,000 books and
serve over 73,000 students in 142 schools.
For more information visit:
BookWormAngels.org