Bring Me A Book™ Hong Kong (BMABHK) is a non-profit organization that was founded to serve children who do not have access to quality books and who are not read aloud to on a regular basis. We provide libraries of quality, hardback children's books and read aloud training to children and families. Through innovative library and training programs, BMABHK reaches low income children and families in nurseries, community centres, shelters, health clinics, and in workplace.
BMABHK is an affiliate of Bring Me A Book™ Foundation founded in the United States in 1997 to promote family literacy. Bring Me A Book™ Foundation is a 501(c)(3) award winning literacy nonprofit that provides libraries of quality, hardback children's books and read aloud training to over 375,000 children and parents in over 550 sites in the United States.
BRING ME A BOOK™ HONG KONG PROGRAMS
The Book Bag Library Program serves as a lending library. It provides an easily accessible selection of quality children's books and audio recordings that enhance reading skills and language acquisition. The Book Bag Library contains about 220 books for children ages 0 to 11 year old.
The Bookcase Library Program places bookcases filled with 30 to 45 quality, age appropriate children's books in Chinese and English. All of the books are selected by literacy experts.
The First Teachers Program enhances both Library programs by engaging and educating parents, childcare providers, and teachers on the critical importance of reading aloud and read aloud strategies.