Made for Me Books: 
Changing the narrative for 
all of our young readers.

Made for Me Books wants all young people to have a diverse collection of books at home. Books that:

• reflect stories and characters that they can connect with;
• provide windows into other lives and cultures;
• illuminate American histories and experiences that are not as widely available;
• are theirs for the keeping - so they can read them over and over again!

Having a home library with books that a child can relate to can help them engage and find joy in reading. 

We identify books and authors that highlight the diversity of stories across Black, Indigenous, Latino, African and Asian diasporas. We provide them FOR FREE, to young people in and around Harlem at events in partnership with our neighbors and local organizations.  
We also host our our own events:  

• an Annual Juneteenth Jubilee in partnership with Kids Passport to Adventure
• pop-up events at the Rokmil (124th and Lenox)

Since 2020, we have distributed ~5,700 books to ~2250 students.  We have also provided books for adults: 325 books.

Made for Me Books is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.  
PLEASE DONATE NOW and help us continue to build readers and getting more diverse books into everyone's home.

Visit our EVENTS GALLERY  to see photos from our book events!

Credit: Photos from Taft Houses and 1775/AK/MS Houses events were taken by Jasmina Tomic, courtesy House of SpeakEasy.