Books for Sumter Children

03/13/2026

📚💌 March Books Have Been Mailed! 💌📚

Our March books are on their way to children registered to receive free monthly books from Books for Sumter Children!

This month’s exciting lineup includes:

🌾 Amara’s Farm
🐧 Home for a Penguin, Home for a Whale
🌻 In the Garden
🦊 Larabee
🌀 The Thingity-Jig

These books are perfect for sparking curiosity, inspiring imagination, and creating special reading moments at home. ❤️

If you have a child under five who isn’t registered yet, it’s easy to sign up and start receiving a FREE book in the mail every month:
👉 https://ferstreaders.org/resources/register-a-child-sub/register-a-child

Let’s help every child in Sumter County build their very own home library! 📖✨

02/27/2026

📚💌 February Books Are On Their Way! 💌📚

We’re excited to share that our February books have been mailed to children registered to receive free monthly books from Books for Sumter Children!

This month’s wonderful selections include:

✨ Our Gorgeous Baby
♻️ Don’t Throw It Away
🦖 Stomp
🔢 A Number Slumber
🚗 Drive

Each of these books was carefully chosen to spark imagination, build early literacy skills, and create special reading moments between children and their families. We love knowing that mailboxes across Sumter County are filling up with stories that inspire learning and joy! ❤️

If you have a child under five who isn’t registered yet, it’s not too late! You can sign up to receive a FREE book in the mail every month here:
👉 https://ferstreaders.org/resources/register-a-child-sub/register-a-child

Help us spread the word so every child in our community can build a home library of their own! 📖✨

02/15/2026

📚 Mrs. Phelps’ Lending Library is now open!

📍 Art Hive Studio: 123 W Church St, Americus, GA 31709

Inspired by Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical and the librarian who believes in curious kids and the power of books 💛

How it works:
• Stocked with kid-friendly reads
• Open to the whole community
• Take a book or leave a book
• Built to keep stories moving

Come grab a book, share a story, and help us celebrate Matilda’s love of reading, and the grown-ups who help that love grow, as we count down to opening night. ✨

🎭 Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical
📅 Show Dates: March 12-15
🎟️ Tickets ON SALE NOW at Rylander.org
📍 Rylander Theatre, Americus, GA

02/10/2026

We are excited to celebrate early childhood literacy with everyone this evening!

Please help us thank our Premiere Sponsors:

Dr. Ben and Michelle Andrews

Americus Fire and Emergency Services

Joe Daniel

Phoebe Sumter Medical Center

Riccardi General Dentistry

Rotary Club of Americus

Synovus Bank

01/15/2026

01/15/2026

📚✨ January Book Mail Is On the Way! ✨📚

We’re excited to share the January book selections that are being mailed to our registered Books for Sumter Children families! This month’s stories are full of winter fun, animals, and adventure:

🐧 About Penguins
🐶 Puppy, Puppy, Puppy
🦬 The Littlest Yak
🦁 We All Went on Safari
❄️ Winter Babies

These books are heading straight to little readers across Sumter County to spark curiosity, imagination, and a love of reading all year long. 💙📖

📌 Not registered yet?
If your child is not currently registered, you may do so here:
👉 https://ferstreaders.org/resources/register-a-child-sub/register-a-child

Be sure to select Sumter in the drop-down menu under “Specify the County.”

Thank you to our supporters and partners who help make moments like this possible—one book, one child at a time.

01/11/2026

📚✨ Love of Literacy Gala – February 10, 2026 ✨📚

Help put books in the hands of every child in Sumter County!

🕕 6 PM – Social hour, followed by surf & turf dinner and program
📍 Rev. Pearly Brown Music Park, Americus, GA

📊 Why it matters:

1 in 3 Georgia children enters school without basic literacy skills

Reading at home before kindergarten = higher school success

Access to books improves 3rd-grade reading proficiency dramatically

🎟 Tickets include social, dinner & program:

Individual: $75
Table of 8: $600
Premier Sponsor Table: $1,000 (prime location & recognition)

📧 Reserve your spot: Email [email protected]
with your name, address, phone number, and ticket type/quantity, subject line: "BFSC Gala", then mail check to BFSC, PO Box 129, Americus, GA 31709

💛 Let’s change lives—one book at a time!