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Books for Every Child

Book Harvest believes that growing up with an abundance of books, from birth, is essential for children to flourish and to create healthy communities. Book Harvest helps families harvest books and discover literacy activities wherever they go, from their homes to community spaces including schools, laundromats, parks, health centers, and more. Community-wide programs ensure that families can build their own home libraries filled with engaging, culturally inclusive books and create rich home literacy environments to lay the foundation for a lifetime of literacy.

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Book Hubs

Book hubs are placed in community settings that families frequent. They include outdoor Book Boxes and bookshelves. They are filled with dozens of books in English and Spanish for children of all ages to choose to take home and build their own home libraries.

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Books in a Box

We work with children whose parents are experiencing the effects of incarceration by providing free new books directly to the children at home.

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Family Space

The Family Space is a playful learning hub where children and their families can freely discover an abundance of books, toys, and manipulatives that spark learning opportunities and cross-generational communication.

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Laundromat Literacy

Book Harvest partners with laundromats to maintain cozy reading corners filled with books and activities to encourage parent-child engagement. The bookshelves are filled with culturally diverse books free for the taking.

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About Us

Since 2011, Book Harvest has provided more than 2.4 million books to families, ensuring that parents have the tools and power to ignite and strengthen their children's literacy. With programs that are grounded in evidence, Book Harvest believes that literacy starts at birth, in the home, powered by parents, and nourished with books.

Connect With Us

(252) 497-BOOK
2501 University Drive, Durham, NC 27707

Business Hours: Monday-Friday 9 AM - 5 PM
Family Space: Tuesday-Saturday 9 AM - 5 PM

Book Harvest's 2022 IRS 990 is available here.

Book Harvest's most recent audit is here.

©2025 by Book Harvest NC.

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