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Access Books Bay Area is a non-profit dedicated to improving school libraries.

11/05/2026

📚 Book of the Month: Axolotls! Cheers-a-Lotl Blows Up

This month we're highlighting Axolotls! Cheers-a-Lotl Blows Up by C. W. Estes, author, and Irene Saluzzi, illustrator. This delightfully silly chapter book for young readers is just one of 1,237 brand-new books that made our Galarza Elementary library makeover such a success! 📚 A huge shoutout to Capstone Publishing Capstone for providing a significant discount on many of these books and helping us bring this transformation to life. 🎨✨

Help us get great books like these into underfunded school libraries by donating to our fall fundraiser today! https://donorbox.org/2026-accessbooksbayarea

Photo Credit: Steven Shpall
San José Unified School District

11/04/2026

At Access Books Bay Area, we transform under-resourced school libraries with engaging new books and vibrant murals. For approximately $20,000, we create an inviting library space where students can discover over 1,200 brand new books, explore their interests, and develop a lifelong love of reading. Beyond school libraries, we partner with local organizations to bring free books directly to children and families across the Bay Area.

Here’s what your donation can make possible:

📗 $20 → Adds 1 new hardcover book to a school library

📚 $60 → Provides paperback books for 10 children living in Bay Area shelters

🌈 $300 → Helps fill a school library shelf with diverse books

💛 $1,000 → Brings a school library transformation one step closer

A gift in any amount makes a difference. Together, we can help more underserved children build a lifelong love of reading.

❤️📖 Make your tax-deductible donation today!

11/03/2026

Today is Election Day! As you head to the polls and check off your civic duties, remember that voting is one of the most powerful ways to shape the future of our local communities and our public school libraries.

At Access Books Bay Area, we know that a strong community starts with empowered, literate, and informed future generations—and that foundation is built right inside our public school libraries. When you cast your ballot today, you are voting for the future of our kids, our public education systems, and the school libraries that fuel their imagination and learning every single day.

Help us get great books like these into underfunded school libraries by donating to our fall fundraiser today! https://donorbox.org/2026-accessbooksbayarea

Photo Credits: Steven Shpall

10/29/2026

Did you know that California provides no dedicated public funding for school library books?

For thousands of Bay Area students, their school library is the primary place to discover new stories, explore their interests, and build a lifelong love of reading. Yet in under-resourced communities, library shelves are often filled with outdated books, creating book deserts where students have limited access to the engaging, up-to-date books they need.

That’s where Access Books Bay Area comes in. We transform outdated school libraries by providing brand new high-quality books to communities with limited access, helping close the literacy gap one school library at a time.

📚❤️ Join us today by donating to help bring more great books to Bay Area kids!

10/28/2026

📚 Book of the Month: 5 More Sleeps Til Halloween
This month we're highlighting 5 More Sleeps Til Halloween by Jimmy Fallon, author, and Rich Deas, illustrator. This Halloween student favorite is just one of the 1,237 brand-new books making our Galarza Elementary School library refurbishment a success.

Host of NBC's The Tonight Show and #1 New York Times-bestselling author Jimmy Fallon returns with this exciting countdown to Halloween picture book.

It’s 5 more sleeps ‘til Halloween!
That spooky time of year.
Where all of the ghosts are wide awake
As nighttime’s drawing near.

The excitement leading up to spooky season has been enjoyed by so many for so long. Filled with costumes, candy, and big scares! But why not make the last few days before Halloween even more exciting by counting how many sleeps until trick-or-treat night?

Help us get great books like these into underfunded school libraries by donating to our fall fundraiser today! https://donorbox.org/2026-accessbooksbayarea
Photo Credits: Steven Shpall
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon San José Unified School District

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10/28/2026

A huge shoutout to Dunn-Edwards Paints for helping us bring our mural at Galarza Elementary School in San José Unified School District to life! 🎨✨ We are so grateful to Jenna Mosiurchak, District Sales Manager, who sponsored the paint donations and joined us to celebrate with the kindergarten students in their newly refurbished library.

Their generous paint donation turned a blank wall into a vibrant space that celebrates reading and imagination. Every colorful brushstroke is a reminder to our students that books open doors to new worlds. 📚

Thank you, Dunn-Edwards, for helping make our school libraries even brighter!

Photo credits: Steven Shpall
Mural designed by Joy Nicolas

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Help us breathe new life into underfunded school libraries by donating to our fall fundraiser today! https://donorbox.org/2026-accessbooksbayarea (link in bio)

10/22/2026

October is National Bullying Prevention Month.✋🫂

Access Books Bay Area is committed to advocating for safe spaces and spreading kindness everywhere with the power of literature. This month we're highlighting three spectacular books that explore stories of inclusion and acceptance, reminding young readers to speak up when they encounter bullying!📚💙

Help us get great books like these into underfunded school libraries by donating to our fall fundraiser today! https://donorbox.org/2026-accessbooksbayarea

Author Lisa Fipps

10/21/2026

A fresh new chapter for the Galarza Elementary School library! 📚✨

Thanks to the generous support of the Sharks Foundation through their 2025-26 Goals for Kids program, our library space at Galarza Elementary has been completely elevated! Students now have 1,237 brand-new books to discover, alongside a vibrant new mural designed by Filipina-American author-illustrator Joy Nicolas to brighten the room and spark their imaginations. 📚🦈

A huge shoutout to Dunn-Edwards Paints for supplying the gorgeous, high-quality palette paints that made this incredible transformation possible! 🎨✨

Help us get great books like these into underfunded school libraries by donating to our fall fundraiser today! https://donorbox.org/2026-accessbooksbayarea

Photo Credits: Steven Shpall
Sharks Community San José Unified School District

10/20/2026

Meet “Chapter One”, our new series where authors share how books and libraries shaped their childhoods, and what they hope young readers take from their stories. First up: Joanna Ho & Lisa Moore Ramée! 🧡

At Access Books Bay Area, our mission is to transform under-resourced school libraries into inspiring spaces where every child can see themselves in a book. Donate to our fall fundraiser to help us give Bay Area students living in poverty access to diverse new books, including ones written by these incredible authors!

10/15/2026

🎉 Today marks the start of our Fall Fundraising Campaign!

Over the next 8 weeks, our goal is to raise $20,000 to transform outdated public school libraries into vibrant spaces filled with high-interest books.

In California, public schools receive no dedicated public funding for library books, leaving many under-resourced school libraries with outdated collections that don’t reflect students’ interests, cultures, or experiences. For many children, their school library is a primary source of new books and a place to discover new stories, explore different perspectives, and build a love of reading.

That’s where Access Books Bay Area comes in. As we celebrate our 10th anniversary, we’re working to ensure more children have access to engaging, diverse books they’re excited to read.

https://donorbox.org/2026-accessbooksbayarea

❤️ Help us reach our goal of $20,000 and put more great books into the hands of young readers. Donate today!

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Los Altos, CA
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