Buy something great; do something greater

 With every purchase of vintage children's books and ephemera, you help spread the love of reading, because a portion of every sale is donated toward children's literacy.  
Here's what the Rhyme and Reason Books community has helped make possible:

A leveled library for 
Mississippi 1st graders 

We helped Mrs. Cherry at the Lizana Elementary School in Gulfport, MS, get her first graders' off to a great start by contributing toward her new classroom library organized by reading level. Now every child  can easily find a "just right" book. 

Harry Potter books
for California 5th graders 

We helped Mr. Gates at the Linda Verde School in Lancaster, CA, get even his most reluctant readers engaged with a captivating book by helping him purchase a copy of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for each of his fifth grade students to read as a class.

News magazines for 4th graders in Flint, Michigan

We helped Ms. Evertsen at the Linden Charter Academy in Flint, MI, purchase a subscription to Scholastic News so her fourth graders can read and discuss real-world issues. She says it's particularly difficult for students in low income areas to access quality, child-friendly nonfiction.
Other projects supported:
  • Magnetic boards and letter magnets for Texas elementary students to practice word-building.
  • Books to be included in a book vending machine in an Indiana elementary school. Children will earn tokens for "purchasing" books of their very own.
  • A "glow party" for Texas 4th graders with invisible pens, neon markers and glow-in-the-dark sunglasses to help them practice literacy skills
  • A virtual visit by an Edgar Allan Poe portrayer with creative writing students in a Florida high school while they were learning online
  • Copies of Roald Dahl's "The Witches" for low-income Massachusetts second graders to read aloud together
  • Books, activity kits, classroom basics, art supplies, and food for teachers to send to students learning at home in low-income communities during the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Storytelling kits for a special education life skills class in Texas
  • Dr. Seuss books for Florida middle schoolers to read with and give to kindergarten students
  • Spanish-language storybooks for preschoolers in New Jersey to read at home with their parents in their own language
  • Lodging for Wisconsin high school students to attend the Southeast Young Adult Book Festival in Tennessee
  • A performance of The Story of Scrooge by a traveling theater company at a residential/day-treatment school in New York
  • Materials for a French honor society in Georgia to create French-language storybooks to donate to children in Benin and Senegal 
  • Decorations for a jungle-themed book fair at an elementary school in New Jersey
  • The purchase of classroom copies of a novel about neighborhood violence to give students in Oregon a chance to tie literacy to real-life events
  • A field trip for technical high school students in Indiana to visit a bookstore and purchase a book of their choosing
  • Incentive prizes for a library reading program for Kansas middle school students
  • A light table to help young Alabama elementary school students learn letters, numbers, counting, and spelling
  • Incentive prizes for a library reading program in New Jersey