WNDB in the Classroom provides free books to low-income schools.

This program targets the literacy gap that affects marginalized U.S. youth. According to School Library Media Research, the reading scores among Black, Hispanic, and American Indian fourth graders significantly lag behind their white and Asian American counterparts. To address this gap, the authors recommend providing children with literature that “a view of their cultural surroundings and insight on themselves.” By helping kids find stories that they can relate to, we encourage in them a lifelong love of reading.