No one appointed me to be the Book Fairy of Maine. I appointed myself, and you can too.
Literacy is a social justice issue. A child’s early level of literacy impacts the rest of their life, determining their future standard of living and quality of life. That's why I collect and distribute gently-read books to kids across the state.
When parents have books in the home from the beginning, they can read to their babies earlier and more often. What could feel better than snuggling with the human you love the most to hear a good story?
I've worked with families for over fifty years, including teen parents, parents in prison, parents in recovery, and low-income parents. I've never met a parent who didn't want life to be better for their children than it was for them.
Children get their fairy wings and become book fairies when they donate their outgrown books.
Folks from across the state donate and help me source the books we distribute to new parents and to families at community events, in rehab centers, at library events, and through Headstart and WIC programs in Maine.
My grassroots literacy project involves hauling thousands of books in and out of a storage unit in Portland, Maine.
I've been a Book Fairy for about nine years now, but I've intensified our efforts to get more books to more children in the last two years.
An early literacy program in Maine, Raising Readers, which distributed free books to infants and young children, came to an end in March of 2024. The program distributed nearly 4 million free books in its 23 years of operation.
I'm scared to see the ripple effects of losing this program and what it'll mean for children in Maine. My organization is working hard to bridge the gap.
People across the country have taken inspiration from our program and have launched their own "Book Fairy" projects in other states. We need as many book fairies as we can get!
Literacy is a social justice issue. A child’s early level of literacy impacts the rest of their life, determining their future standard of living and quality of life. That's why I collect and distribute gently-read books to kids across the state.
When parents have books in the home from the beginning, they can read to their babies earlier and more often. What could feel better than snuggling with the human you love the most to hear a good story?
I've worked with families for over fifty years, including teen parents, parents in prison, parents in recovery, and low-income parents. I've never met a parent who didn't want life to be better for their children than it was for them.
Children get their fairy wings and become book fairies when they donate their outgrown books.
Folks from across the state donate and help me source the books we distribute to new parents and to families at community events, in rehab centers, at library events, and through Headstart and WIC programs in Maine.
My grassroots literacy project involves hauling thousands of books in and out of a storage unit in Portland, Maine.
I've been a Book Fairy for about nine years now, but I've intensified our efforts to get more books to more children in the last two years.
An early literacy program in Maine, Raising Readers, which distributed free books to infants and young children, came to an end in March of 2024. The program distributed nearly 4 million free books in its 23 years of operation.
I'm scared to see the ripple effects of losing this program and what it'll mean for children in Maine. My organization is working hard to bridge the gap.
People across the country have taken inspiration from our program and have launched their own "Book Fairy" projects in other states. We need as many book fairies as we can get!
