Little Hands Book Bank

Little Hands Book Bank Each recipient child receives a bag with 12-15 books of their very own to take home.

Little Hands Book Bank collects new and gently used children’s books from the North Texas community and packages them into starter libraries for low-income children.

Did you know that 61% of low-income families have 2 (or fewer) books for children in their homes?When you donate to Litt...
12/03/2025

Did you know that 61% of low-income families have 2 (or fewer) books for children in their homes?

When you donate to Little Hands Book Bank, you help us put starter libraries into the hands of children who might not otherwise have access to books at home. Babies and young children who are read to regularly are better prepared for kindergarten because they already know letters and the sounds they make, setting them up for success in learning to read and write.

While the costs related to collecting books is minimal, we do have ongoing expenses related to our safe, climate-controlled storage space for books, tote bags to hold the individual libraries, and supplies for cleaning and preparing the books for their new owners.

Your support helps us share the joy of reading!

Running a book bank is not without significant expenses—mainly, our secure, climate-controlled office space where books can be safely stored, sorted, and readied for their new homes. Little Hands Book Bank is volunteer-run. All donated funds are used for our basic expenses—rent, tote bags that a...

Shoutout to Southlake Family Community Outreach (SFCO) for hosting not one, but TWO beautifying events in October--that'...
11/05/2025

Shoutout to Southlake Family Community Outreach (SFCO) for hosting not one, but TWO beautifying events in October--that's more than 1,000 books that are ready for their new owners!

HUGE thanks to the not-at-all-scary staff and families of for their donation children's picture books!
10/31/2025

HUGE thanks to the not-at-all-scary staff and families of
for their donation children's picture books!

Og's Bountiful Book Drive was a huge success! Thank you to the families of Primrose School of Coppell, Primrose School o...
03/21/2025

Og's Bountiful Book Drive was a huge success! Thank you to the families of Primrose School of Coppell, Primrose School of Eldorado, Primrose School of Lakehill, Primrose School of North Richardson at Lookout, Primrose School of Richardson, Primrose School of Rockwall, Primrose School of Southlake, and Primrose School of Stone Brooke for donating 2,750 books that will be shared with other North Texas children! ❤️

Thank you to the employees of Park Place Dealerships Lexus of Plano and Mercedes of Dallas for preparing hundreds of boo...
03/18/2025

Thank you to the employees of Park Place Dealerships Lexus of Plano and Mercedes of Dallas for preparing hundreds of books for their new owners! Check out this great story from NBC DFW:

Volunteers spent three days cleaning and sorting books for the Little Hands Book Bank to help North Texas students celebrate National Reading Month.

Thank you to all of our donors and volunteers who make it possible for us to provide books for the families of The Warre...
02/27/2025

Thank you to all of our donors and volunteers who make it possible for us to provide books for the families of The Warren Center!

Thank you to Little Hands Book Bank for their generous donation of books! 📚 Your kindness is helping our children grow and learn. We appreciate your support!

Dolly Parton is a huge supporter of children's literacy, so Truck Yard The Colony collected children's books in her hono...
02/18/2025

Dolly Parton is a huge supporter of children's literacy, so Truck Yard The Colony collected children's books in her honor at their Dolly Day celebration in January. We were thrilled to be the local recipient of this donation and can't wait to distribute these books in the community! 🎵

We LOVE our volunteers! Thank you to this incredible group from SFCO who sorted, cleaned and beautified 600 books that a...
02/14/2025

We LOVE our volunteers! Thank you to this incredible group from SFCO who sorted, cleaned and beautified 600 books that are now ready for new owners! ❤️

Thank you, Dragons! 💚🐉

Book lovers are the best! The Lit and the City book club cleaned and beautified 150 books at their December meeting. Lea...
12/24/2024

Book lovers are the best! The Lit and the City book club cleaned and beautified 150 books at their December meeting. Learn more about Lit and the City and their upcoming events at www.instagram.com/litandthecity/

We're always running low on baby books in Spanish--FC Dallas and Baylor University came to the rescue! Together, they co...
12/20/2024

We're always running low on baby books in Spanish--FC Dallas and Baylor University came to the rescue! Together, they collected more than 500 brand new books to restock our shelves. ⚽🐻

Santa is coming early for Dallas Healthy Start families! The community health workers will deliver 30 starter libraries ...
12/18/2024

Santa is coming early for Dallas Healthy Start families! The community health workers will deliver 30 starter libraries to young families during their end-of-year visits.

Families visiting  this holiday season will have an opportunity to choose books for their babies and preschoolers.Thank ...
12/05/2024

Families visiting this holiday season will have an opportunity to choose books for their babies and preschoolers.

Thank you to everyone who has donated, sorted and beautified books this year! You make it possible for us to put books in the hands of children across North Texas.

Thank you Little Hands Book Bank for you distribution of children's books. Little Hands Book Bank I can not wait for our families to have the opportunity to receive your gift!

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3400 Silverstone Drive, Suite 190
Plano, TX
75023

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