Books & Bread

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Books & Bread

During the pandemic, many students are finding themselves without access to school libraries and public libraries.

The Mission of Books & Bread is to reduce the opportunity gap and increase access to literary materials during the pandemic by bringing books directly to food pantries, grocery stores, and parks in the communities that need those materials the most. The goal of Books & Bread is to supplement the great work that those institutions are doing to get literary materials out to students who need them. A

ll books are privately donated or purchased with funds privately donated by our supporters. Because the books are donated we are able to give them to families instead of lending them to families. This allows us to bring books into the community and not have to worry about getting them back. By bringing these materials directly to students we are able to eliminate some barriers that might be preventing them from accessing those materials through libraries or schools. Books & Bread came about from the observations of concerned educators and youth development workers who noticed the opportunity gap growing as a result of the access that different populations had to educational materials during the pandemic. It is a grassroots project that is ever-evolving and growing. Much of that growth has been made possible by the generosity of supporters like you. Book donations can be arranged by sending a message through Facebook or emailing [email protected]. We currently have a wealth of books but we are always happy to expand our collection. What we are most in need of is books in Spanish, which is one significant area of deficit in our collection. Monetary donations can be sent via Venmo to or in the form of Amazon gift cards sent to [email protected] you for reading and for your support of the students in the community.

12/10/2022

Free books are out at the Waltham Boys & Girls Club for their Winter Wonderland party. Come check it out! The party goes until 2:00 but the books will be out all day.

09/24/2022

Free books are out and ready for the pop up pantry on Hope Ave behind the Children's Hospital.

05/21/2022

Free books are out at Stanley Elementary for their plant sale today! Books will be there Saturday and Sunday. The plant sale is from 9:00-1:00 on Saturday.

05/14/2022

Getting your baseball pics taken today? Come to the playground and grab a free book! The bookmobile is out all day today and tomorrow on Boynton St. right next to the Nipper playground.

****Update: with showers in the forecast the books were pulled in Saturday night. They will be back out next weekend at the Stanley School plant sale!

05/07/2022

Free Books are out on the Waltham Common until 4:00 today. Thanks to the Watch City Steampunk Festival for inviting us!

04/23/2022

Free Books are out at Hannaford in Waltham Saturday and Sunday! Come grab a great book to enjoy on this sunny spring weekend!

04/02/2022

Books are back! It's finally free book season again and the books are out at Market Basket in Waltham. They will be there all day Saturday and they will be picked up Sunday before it starts raining. Come grab a great read!

02/17/2022

Alright February, if you're going to act like spring then we are going to treat you like spring!

Books are ready for a partnership event with Waltham Creative Start Children's Center

11/30/2021

Happy ! If you would like to support Books and Bread today with a monetary donation you can do so by Venmo . All cash donations are used to buy more books for the community. Thank you so much for your support!

11/21/2021

Free books are out today at Hannaford in Waltham. Come grab a book to go with that turkey!

11/19/2021

A huge thank you to Sarah Pourmousa for collecting tons of books and $500 for Books & Bread. Sarah choose to do a book drive for her Bat Mitzvah project and it was a huge success! We are humbled to have young people like her working with us to help get books out into the community. Mazel Tov Sarah!

11/14/2021

What a beautiful day for free books on the Waltham Common with the Waltham Girl Scouts and their day of service!

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Waltham, MA
02451

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http://www.books-bread.com/

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