Love. Books.
This blog contributed by BookGive volunteer, Miranda Ericksen. Happy Love Month!! There’s a lotta love at BookGive. We love literacy, books, volunteering, reading and…blogs that aren’t the typical romantic love...
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It’s Award Season: Literary Honors – and One Prize’s Impact on Social Change
This blog contributed by BookGive volunteer and advisory council member, Colleen Maleski. We are in the middle of “awards season,” the several month period between November and February when the majority...
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Perfect Book Recs by Zodiac!
Contributed by BookGive volunteer, Maya Strausberg. We all love to take those magazine quizzes or online polls that are supposed to tell us about ourselves. Horoscopes that describe our perfect...
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Pre-Loved Books Every Recipient on your Holiday Gift List Will Appreciate
This blog contributed by BookGive volunteer and advisory council member, Colleen Maleski. If you’ve ever provided your email address to a retail outlet, your inbox will be filled for the...
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BookGive: Choose Your Own Adventure
Contributed by Melissa Monforti, Executive Director If you’ve followed BookGive for even just a month, one of the few things you’ve probably picked up by now is that we are...
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Literacy Builds Community
Contibuted by Miranda Ericksen, BookGive volunteer I began volunteering at BookGive in January 2021, when along with so many others, I was desperate for a renewed sense of community. After...
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Board Books to Graphic Novels: Reading With Pictures
Did you know? The human brain processes images 60,000 times faster than text. Maybe that’s why we love sending emojis. It’s likely why illustrations are a key component of early...
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At the desk of…Kelis Rowe
A conversation between BookGive volunteer Colleen Maleski and Finding Jupiter author Kelis Rowe. As this column is called “at the desk of,” let’s first ground in place. Where do you...
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Read In Color
Miniature houses mounted on poles. Peek inside…it’s free books! Little free libraries are book-sharing systems that bring neighbors together around a love of reading. Little Free Library – whose motto...
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