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Look. It's My Book - Peoria

Nonprofit in Peoria, IL. Providing new books to children to keep so they can learn and love to read. Look. It's My Book!

was founded to
augment the work of the Adopt-a-School
Program in Peoria Public Schools and Peoria Heights Schools. By helping
children have access to books at home, we
hope to strengthen learning and instill a
lifelong love of reading. Our many "thank
you" notes from children indicate that it is
working!

06/02/2026

🎪 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! 🎪

The theme of the 2026 “Look. It’s My Book!” Gala on August 22 is “The Greatest Show on Earth “”— and it just got even greater!

We are thrilled to announce that Liv Warfield will be our featured entertainer.

Born and raised in Peoria and a graduate of Peoria Notre Dame, Liv has gone on to become one of the most celebrated vocalists in the world. She has performed with legends such as Stevie Wonder and Prince, appeared on America’s Got Talent, and currently serves as the Peoria Symphony Orchestra’s Artist-in-Residence.

Why did Liv say yes? Because she understands the power of reading. She grew up in a home that valued books and literacy, and she believes in helping children discover that same love of reading.

PS: Another Peoria diva, Carmen McCarthy, will be singing back-up for Liv🎶🎤

Invitations will be going out in mid-June.

05/17/2026

Trewyn School rocks! Cheers for another great year for our kids and our volunteers. They make a winning combination.

05/09/2026

Can you imagine what is planned for the “The Greatest Show on Earth”? Save the date and mark your calendars for Saturday, August 22 starting at 5:30. More seating has been added but it will be another sell out. So much fun for a great cause. Invitations will go out next month.

04/22/2026

When we found out that we had blind children in school we bought books in braille to give them. We were thrilled to get our first Thank You notes in braille!!!

03/27/2026

UPDATE: Look at the latest rock stars who will be in our video premiering at the gala on Saturday, August 22. (We sell out so mark your calendars now.). To be inspired, would you please open and look at each of the pics in this post?

Did you know we provide books in braille? “Rock Star Robert” does! Look at the blinding smile on “Rock Star Robin Roehnelt Robins” face as she helped him and hundreds of others at our distribution and filming at Kellar Primary School. Volunteers and supporters are changing the lives of children. It doesn’t get any better than that. Thanks to each of our rock stars.

03/20/2026

Open your calendar and mark August 22 for our annual gala. It is going to be another blockbuster. Example: Goosebumps popped today as Richwoods High School juniors recalled memories of getting their books in first grade from Look. It’s My Book! Come see the video at the gala. Kudos to all of our volunteers for shaping the lives of generations to come.

02/09/2026

Look It's My Book! is so blessed to have both amazing donors and incredible volunteers. But I must share one note from a donor couple who value reading but they did think at ages 86 and 92 they were just a bit too old to volunteer. but if they want to come, we would welcome them and promise not to make them carrying any heavy boxes.

02/07/2026

Like the Rose Parade🌹, we started working on our upcoming gala as soon as last year’s was over. Here we are filming this year’s video In our “magical” book warehouse where volunteers check in and subsequently distribute 46,000 books per year to K-4th graders. The kids love us and we love them. ❤️ We also love Tom Schmidt Video who is our Steven Spielberg. Mark your calendar for Saturday, Aug 22! It is shaping up to be quite an extravaganza!

11/14/2025

It is a good thing to be recognized nationally! Imagine Learning, based in Tempe, AZ, works along teachers and parents supporting over 18 million students by pursuing relentless innovation. Thank you for your grant and you say it perfectly by stating “Every classroom, every student is bursting with potential”. We couldn’t agree more! More books for kids in central illinois.

10/24/2025

Darling, it wouldn’t be a party without YOU and you partied hardy while raising RECORD donations at The Gatsby Gala!

Because of your generosity, we are rolling out “Books Building Bridges” across ALL schools this school year. Doesn’t this outdoor session look fun? Never could we have imagined raising the additional $ 20,000 required to provide books for this exciting new program. This is in addition to our regular monthly book distributions that we have been providing since 2008.

A teacher said this today about Books Building Bridges,

“The books arrived this week and they are BEGGING to start!”

You are putting books into the hands, homes and ❤️’s of kids. Thank you for shaping their worlds.

PS: Stay tuned for next year’s gala because the plans are already underway for August 22, 2026!!

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Peoria, IL

Telephone

+13094533554

Website

http://www.lookitsmybook.org/

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