BookMentors

Connecting donors directly with
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How It Works

BookMentors is the place where donors and teachers give, get, and talk books.

With a few simple clicks, experience the joy of donating a needed book to a specific classroom. View the books requested and select them to donate. An order confirmation, shipping alert—even a thank-you note from the teacher—will follow via email.

BookMentors allows donors and teachers to talk directly to each other, and to share and exchange insights on books!

By donating to BookMentors you are giving teachers the tools they need to develop both skills and a love of reading in their students.

--- Deborah Stipek
BookMentor
and Judy Koch Professor
of Education
Stanford University
Graduate School of
Education

press and testimonials

BookMentors Team

Posted May 8, 2017

Teacher Appreciation Week May 8-12!

Show Teachers your gratitude during Teacher Appreciation Week May 8-12 by donating the books they request for their classrooms on BookMentors.org!

BookMentors Team

Posted May 26, 2016

Children don't just need books, they need the right books!

There is no such thing as a child who hates to read; there are only children who have not found the right book. —Frank Serafini

BookMentors Team

Posted May 3, 2016

Celebrate National Teacher Appreciation Week!

Honor teachers this week by fulfilling their book requests on BookMentors.org! National Teacher Appreciation Week!

BookMentors Team

Posted Jan 20, 2016

Brief exposure to good reading material increases enthusiasm for reading!

“A single, brief exposure to good reading material can result in a clear increase in enthusiasm for reading.” Ramos and Krashen, 1998; Cho and Krashen, 2002

BookMentors Team

Posted Jan 15, 2016

Celebrate MLK Jr. Day by fulfilling teachers' requests for the book "I Have A Dream!"

Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s Day by donating copies of "I Have A Dream." Seven teachers have requested that book on BookMentors!

BookMentors Team

Posted Jan 14, 2016

Thanks Paxti's Pizza!

Thanks Paxti's Pizza for a great fundraiser!

BookMentors Team

Posted Dec 30, 2015

Come enjoy books and pizza January 13 in San Francisco!

January 13 Paxti Pizza will donate 10% of the entire day's sales to BookMentors. Come for books and pizza! 1042 24th St. San Francisco Noe Valley

BookMentors Team

Posted Nov 16, 2015

Thank you Connelly Law Offices!!!

Thank you to the Connelly Law Offices, www.connelly-law.com, for their generous donation to BookMentors!

BookMentors Team

Posted Jun 5, 2015

It's all about the books, about the books, about the books

Deborah Stipek, Dean of Ed of Stanford, loves BookMentors because we support teachers in their desire to create the love of reading in their students through...

BookMentors Team

Posted May 19, 2013

Looking for Yggdrasil with the D'Aulaires

This is the first post in our Formative Favorites series---blog posts about kids books that changed our lives. To contribute your own post to the series email...

BookMentors Team

Posted May 13, 2013

Introducing "Formative Favorites: Kids' Books That Changed Your Life"

There's something magical about the books you loved as a child. No matter how many years it's been since you last read them, or even glimpsed their covers, you...

BookMentors Team

Posted May 3, 2013

Thanks for celebrating National Poetry Month with us!

If you’ve been following us on Facebook, Tumblr, or Google+, you probably know that we were pretty excited about National Poetry Month. We celebrated by...

BookMentors Team

Posted Apr 6, 2013

April is National Poetry Month

We love April because it is the beginning of spring, but we also love April because it is National Poetry Month. Schools throughout the country celebrate with...

BookMentors Team

Posted Jan 26, 2013

A New Kind Of Literacy Nonprofit

We are a new kind of literacy nonprofit. People are curious to find out more about our work. Here are some questions and answers that can help you get to know...