"We need diverse books so that someday all good “multicultural” stories can just be called good stories."
- author, Grace Lin
our reach since 2020
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ABOUT US
Made for Me Books is a Harlem-based nonprofit working since 2020 to increase the diversity of books in our community. Over the past 6 years, we have distributed 7,800+ books, reaching 2,800+ young people and their families.
Our books are new and FREE for young people, K-12.
Our mission is to get more culturally diverse books into the hands and homes of ALL of young readers - to address affordability and access. Our primary focus is on BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Asian, Latino/a, Middle Eastern, et. al) stories and authors.
Our work helps address: -the lack of diversity in books people own -affordability (building a home library is expensive) -reduce the impact of ongoing book bans
It is our hope that by sharing more diverse books, that all young people will see themselves reflected in the American story - and build more understanding of our different experiences.
We organize FREE and LOW-COST Book Fairs for our community: in schools, with community groups and any group that wants to help get more diverse books where they're needed, for all of our young readers.
Made for Me Books can work with you to provide a 2-3 hour BOOK FAIR, where we can provide books, read-alouds - and activities to engage with the stories.
We primarily work in Harlem, but will consider events near Harlem, if we have the inventory.
get in touch
110th and Adam Clayton Powell, Harlem, New York, NY