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WHAT IF YOU HAD NO BOOKS?

The best predictor of a child's success in school and future income is the number of books in their home.

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AFFORDABILITY

FORTY PERCENT of America's children cannot afford to buy books.

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ENDING BOOK HUNGER BY LEA BISHOP

Discover INNOVATIVE nonprofit strategies to bring books within reach of EVERY CHILD, and what YOU can do to help.

"Graceful and compelling prose..." - Anupam Chander

"Fresh, exciting, and engaging..." - Jessica M. Silbey

"I was deeply touched..." - John Green

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MAKING BOOKS AFFORDABLE

DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY mails free books to children in high-poverty zip codes.

FIRST BOOK sells new books at steep discounts to teachers and others serving low-income kids.

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LEA BISHOP

Author of Ending Book Hunger

Professor Bishop is the world's leading expert on book hunger and the right to read. She is tenured at Indiana University's Robert H. McKinney School of Law, where she teaches copyright law and human rights law. Her research on intellectual property and distributive justice has shaped international law at the United Nations.

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Find out how YOU can help end childhood book hunger.

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