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Our Vision:

BookSpring envisions a world of families reading and succeeding together.

Our Mission:

To ignite a love of reading by engaging young children in under-resourced areas of Texas with no-cost, high-interest books and literacy programming that supports family-focused learning.

BookSpring helps families build joyful home reading routines by connecting children from birth through age 12 with books, encouragement, and practical reading support. Rooted in 50 years of service, BookSpring is evolving from a set of individual programs into a comprehensive Family Reading Network that supports families wherever they are: at home, in schools, in clinics, online, and through trusted community partners.

Our work begins with a simple belief: children are more likely to grow as readers when families have access to books, encouragement, and small, repeatable reading moments that fit into everyday life. BookSpring provides free and low-cost print books, bilingual digital books, family reading tips, videos, newsletters, and community events designed to increase books in the home, strengthen family interaction, and build children’s motivation, language, and literacy skills. Our new BookSpring 原创作品 imprint helps lower the cost and increase the availability of bilingual English/Spanish books for everyone.

To maximize impact, BookSpring partners with schools, medical clinics, childcare centers, libraries, nonprofits, and community organizations to provide Book Access Programs that reach families across Central Texas and beyond. Through book distributions, digital libraries, original bilingual books, family engagement resources, and community-based reading events, BookSpring helps more families see themselves as reading families — and helps more children grow up with books, stories, and reading as part of daily life.

Our Values:

As a nonsectarian, nonpartisan, inclusive organization, we value:

• • Excellence: We depend on talented people to provide exceptional services throughout our organization. We set high standards and support each other as we strive to achieve them.
  • Integrity: We treat all individuals with respect and dignity. We respect the cultural heritage of each of our program participants.
  • Innovation: We embrace change, creativity, continuous learning, and personal growth. We incorporate new ideas and methods to improve the services we provide. We anticipate future trends and create strategic plans to ensure future growth and continued vitality.
  • Diversity: We recognize that a range of thoughtful perspectives is necessary for open inquiry, creativity, and a healthy organization. We seek and welcome diverse board members, volunteers, partners, and staff.
  • Community: We value the tangible expression of belonging through communications,  in-person events, and shared interpersonal experiences and recognize that we all participate in many communities drawn together for different purposes, with a variety of strengths and needs.
  • Collaboration: We collaborate with healthcare, education, community partner organizations, and nonprofits to improve children’s access to literacy opportunities. We reach families where they are and through the people they trust.

For general inquiries, email info@bookspring.org.