Philadelphia READS

Philadelphia READS The mission of Philadelphia READS is to provide access to books and community programs to foster a lo Email us to host a book drive today!

Philadelphia READS Programs:

The Book Bank
New and gently-used children’s books for classroom libraries. The Book Bank is a free book store for teachers to supply their classroom libraries with children's books and school supplies. The Book Bank is open to Philadelphia educators who teach in public, charter and parochial schools, day care centers, after-school programs and other educational sites

. All books and supplies are donated through corporate and volunteer-hosted Philadelphia READS book drives and corporate and individual donations. Power Partners
Corporate social responsibility program for volunteers to coach and mentor elementary students in their offices during lunch hour. Volunteers receive literacy coach training at their place of business; they mentor and tutor first and second grade students each week. Reading Olympics
A full-year team-building reading program that culminates in a citywide reading competition. Student teams (grades 4-8) read and study twenty novels and each May gather on Philadelphia college campuses to compete on their knowledge. This is largest Jeopardy-style annual reading competition in the city. The program has grown from 8 teams in 2002 to 135 teams in 2017. Summer READS
A summer enrichment reading, arts and science program. The Summer Reads program delivers a core curriculum to 15 inner-city summer camp sites. The program is designed to prevent summer learning loss and engage children in an active, fun learning environment. Summer Reads enhances knowledge of literature, writing, science, civics, art and music. Events

Annual Read Across America Day/Dr. Suess Celebration
Annual celebration of literacy that features the Mayor reading a Dr. Suess book and corporate and political leaders reading to students. PHILADELPHIA READS has hosted this event since 2006. MLK Day of Service
Annual day of volunteer service at the Book Bank. Each year hundreds of volunteers sort and shelve thousands of donated books and record books for the Books on Tape project. Reading is Fundamental (RIF) Book Distribution
Philadelphia READS partners with RIF to distribute more than 12,000 children’s books annually to students in under resourced schools. This partnership enables us to put books directly into the hands of children for their home libraries.

Our programs have found new homes! We hope that you will continue to Raise a City of Readers! THE BOOK BANK: Reading Rec...
12/21/2021

Our programs have found new homes! We hope that you will continue to Raise a City of Readers!

THE BOOK BANK: Reading Recycled, a longtime partner of the Book Bank, has taken over management. They will continue to provide new and gently used books to children and families, teachers, schools, and other nonprofit partners. For more information on the Book Bank visit: www.readingrecycled.org

POWER PARTNERS: Achieve Now has joined forces with Philadelphia READS to run the Power Partners program. Power Partners matches socially conscious organizations with children from Philadelphia classrooms for literacy coaching and mentorship sessions running for the entire school year. For more information on Power Partners visit: www.achieve-now.com

READING OLYMPICS: The Free Library is now the home of Reading Olympics. The Reading Olympics is a city-wide collaborative reading competition that aims to foster a love of reading, develop teamwork skills, and bring students from different parts of the city together. For more information on the Reading Olympics visit: www.freelibrary.org/readingolympics

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING LITERACY IN PHILADELPHIA! IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR SERVING THE CHILDREN OF PHILADELPHIA AND THEIR FAMILIES AND TEACHERS.

To put books into the homes of all children!

05/20/2020

Due to the ongoing impact of COVID-19, the 2020 Reading Olympics is cancelled. All team registrations will be transferred to next year’s event unless your school decides to opt out. Please email [email protected] if you wish to cancel your registration. The current book lists will be used for the 2021 Reading Olympics. Coaches, we cannot thank you enough for your continued and unwavering support of Reading Olympics. We could not run this program without you, and we respect and appreciate your dedication to your teams. We look forward to working with you next school year and to seeing you in person at Reading Olympics 2021.

03/26/2020

Because of the impact of the COVID-19 virus, we are cancelling the in-person Reading Olympics 2020 competition. Many of our partner organizations are cancelling in-person events, and we agree that it is the most responsible thing to do right now.

We are exploring alternative options to the in-person competition. Look for updates.

In the meantime, we send our regrets to our teams. We hope that you are enjoying the books. And many thanks to our coaches for all you’ve done to facilitate your team’s preparation. We appreciate you so much.

Registration for Reading Olympics 2020 is now closed. For more information please visit: www.freelibrary.org/readingolym...
01/24/2020

Registration for Reading Olympics 2020 is now closed. For more information please visit: www.freelibrary.org/readingolympics. A big THANK YOU to all coaches who have signed up teams!

The Reading Olympics is the City's largest annual reading competition, engaging up to 2000 students from 4th-8th grade classes from Philadelphia's public, parochial, charter, independent and after school programs.

There are still a few slots remaining in Reading Olympics 2020. If you have not yet registered your team, please do so b...
01/08/2020

There are still a few slots remaining in Reading Olympics 2020. If you have not yet registered your team, please do so by clicking on this link:

11/25/2019

Registration for
Reading Olympics 2020
will open on Wednesday, December 4. Book lists will be available on that date.

11/25/2019

Registration for
Reading Olympics 2020
will open on Wednesday, December 4!

11/04/2019

Reading Olympics 2020
is in the works!
Mark your calendars. Information will be available
on November 25.

It's that time of year again! The Book Bank will be opening on Wednesday, September 4th from 3:30-6:30!2019-2020 Hours o...
08/27/2019

It's that time of year again! The Book Bank will be opening on Wednesday, September 4th from 3:30-6:30!

2019-2020 Hours of Operation:
Wednesdays from 3:30-6:30pm
**Following the SDP Calendar**

$25 for 375 Books and 12 School Supplies, Plus Free Access to Our Unlimited Shelves
Location: MLK High School
6100 Stenton Ave.

*Park in the Haines St. parking lot, closest to the dumpsters
**Call 215-279-7450 x 205 for information and for entry upon arrival

Hope to See You!

05/29/2019

We are missing spending time with educators at our Book Bank, but are excited about the improvements we are already in the process of planning for next year! We are also loving all calls and emails about book donations. We need to get those shelves full for the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year!
Reading Recycled

05/23/2019

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1709 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Suite 201
Philadelphia, PA
19103

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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