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 Creating Readers & LeadersBookEnds, a nonprofit organization based in Southern California, is about Kids Helping Kids. BookEnds recycles children's books through student-run book drives and places them in schools and youth organizations in need of books. BookEnds believes that a literate child is the foundation of a thriving community. By providing access to books, BookEnds gives children the resources to develop literacy skills and to experience the joy and imagination of reading. 
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Why Give?
 * California ranks 49th in books-per-pupil in its elementary school libraries and last in the US in terms of public library access * The national average ratio of books to students is 22 to 1, the ratio in LA is 9 to 1 (and 3 to 1 if you don't count outdated and damaged books) *Since 1998, BookEnds has donated more than two million books valued by LAUSD at more than $16 million dollars * Every $100 will buy $500 worth of books for children in under-resourced facilities  Socialize     What Book
Changed Your Life? (click on the link to purchase these books and you are making a donation to BookEnds - thank you!) Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss Tracilyn Scala, Blogger "The language play and silliness of Dr. Seuss is where my love of books came from". Looking for Alaska by John Green Maya Granger, Student The Parnas by Dr. Silvano Arieti Lucia Yorey, Retired Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Daniel Millner, Arts Administrator Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren Margriet Ruurs, Award winning children's book author The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan Michaela Pereira, Newscaster, Los Angeles The Golden Treasure of Poetry, edited by Louis Untermeyer Emily Green-Cain, Teacher Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State
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