“Can you imagine a home or a classroom without books?”  

Many Long Island and NY Metro, children have faced this near reality, especially in the era of covid-19. The Book Fairies, creating results to change this, have more ambitious goals, and they need your help! Learn more and hear how you can help. See the heart breaking facts below;

• 1 in 4 New Yorkers are illiterate

• 64% of all 4th graders in NYS read below grade level; data shows 2/3 of those students will likely end up in jail or on welfare

• In middle-income neighborhoods the ration of books per child is 13-1, in low-income neighborhoods, the ratio is 1-age appropriate book for every 300 children

• According to the National Commission on Adult Literacy: The US could save $1.4 Billion per year in reduced costs from crime if the High School completion rate increased by just 1% for all men aged 20-60.

• What we know still holds true. The only behavior measure that correlates significantly with reading scores is the number of books in the home, and the most successful way to improve reading achievement in low-income and homeless children is to increase their access to print