Book Em

Books for nashville's kids (bfnk)- through our books for nashville's kids program, book'em provided 36,000 books to economically disadvantaged youth ages 0-18 living in davidson county in 2023. We partnered with 180 different groups in the community to get books into the hands of youth who needed and wanted them. Book'em is the largest provider of free books for youth ages 0-18 in davidson county.

Book bus - in 2022, parnassus books donated their small Book bus to book'em. We renovated and updated the bus and developed a new Book bus program which launched late 2023. This provides the means to reach more youth by going to where they are and allowing them to participate in special programming and selected books through a novel venue.

Reading is fundamental (rif) program- rif builds under-served and underprivileged children's literacy skills, which are essential for academic success. Elementary children select books for themselves to cherish, enjoy and build their home libraries. They are also exposed to rif volunteers as positive community role models, who help motivate them to love reading and books.during the 2022-2023 school year, book'em provided 31,000 books to approximately 6,000 economically disadvantaged elementary school students, who attended fifteen title i metro nashville public schools through our rif program. An average of 80% of these students are considered economically disadvantaged, 72% are below basic reading level, and 30% are english language learners.approximately 250 volunteers visited their assigned classrooms to read aloud and engage with the students about 5 times throughout the school year.every child received about 5 books with a total of 31,000 books distributed.