Buddy Publishing Foundation

The single most important indicator of a child's success in school is how many books is in a child's home before they start kindergarten. For only $30 a year, you can provide 12 books to a child in Aurora. $100 supports 50 children for 1 month. Donate today!

Children who participate in Imagination Library of Aurora receive one brand new book every month until they turn 5 - all free to families. All books are age-appropriate, most are printed with reading tips for parents, and nearly 20% are bilingual Spanish & English or have Spanish language content. 

Developing literacy begins at birth. By the age of three, a child’s brain is already 80% developed, and, by the time a child enters kindergarten, they must already know thousands of words in order to succeed in the classroom⁽¹⁾. Reading aloud to a child and giving them access to books is the best way to ensure they are prepared to enter kindergarten.

Through our partnership with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, we are working to send every child in Aurora from birth to age five a new book each month. Research has shown that a child with 25 books in their home complete an average of two additional years of schooling compared to their peers without books in their home⁽²⁾. Our goal is that every kindergartener begins school with 60 books in their home.

We could not do this work without partners like you. Together, we will ensure that all Aurora children can have the gift of literacy to succeed in school and beyond.