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.