Bibilotherapy: How Reading Can Improve Our Mental Health
If you have turned to reading during a time of stress or sadness in your life, you know already that reading and storytelling can be a component of healing. Perhaps...
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BookGive Celebrates Earth Day Every Day
The first Earth Day took place on April 22, 1970, and organized over 20 million people in the United States to act against the severe harm industrialization was causing to...
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Mirrors and Windows: BookGive Values Diverse Books
Imagine for a moment, you’re a duck. A duck who likes to read. You arrive at your local independent bookstore or library to find lots of books. On every cover...
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Taking Inspiration from the Les Paul Legacy
What do BookGive and Les Paul have in common? Hmmm…let’s see. Les Paul was a famous musician and recording artist, winning multiple Grammy Awards and hanging out with everyone from...
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Our Place in the History of Giving Books
Here we are smack dab in the season for stories, among others, of a particular jolly guy delivering presents. Minus the pointy ears and silly shoes, BookGive volunteers show up...
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Start ‘Em Reading Young
This blog contributed by BookGive volunteer, author Phyllis Lundy. One of my earliest memories is from a Sunday morning in church. The choir sang as they walked past me up...
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2020 as Year One
Someday, we’ll look back on 2020 and cringe with a shiver, glad that it’s behind us. For BookGive, though, 2020 was our Year One. BookGive is about to celebrate the...
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Growing Little Free Libraries in Denver’s Book Deserts
In 2009, Todd Bol of Hudson, Wisconsin, built a model of a one room schoolhouse. It was a tribute to his mother; she was a teacher who loved to read. He...
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Helpers in Hard Times: Casa de Paz and Latina SafeHouse
Think back to a time in your life that was hard. Could have been years ago, could have been last week, could be happening right now. Without even knowing the...
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