Giving Tuesday 2024

We Need Diverse Books™ is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that advocates essential changes in the publishing industry to produce and promote literature that reflects and honors the lives of all young people.

WNDB strives to create a more empathetic and literate world through the power of diverse literature. To reach this goal, their programs enact change across the entire publishing process, from the spark of an idea to the classroom full of readers. They support diverse creators, provide resources to diverse publishing interns, and donate diverse books to readers nationwide. 

Your donation helps to:

Improve childhood literacy. Studies show that children read four more hours a week when they have access to diverse books. That's why they've donated over 100,000 diverse books to schools and libraries across all 50 states and Washington, DC.

Amplify diverse creators. Through their mentorships, workshops, and grants, they've supported hundreds of writers and illustrators, including award-winning authors like Angie Thomas, Angeline Boulley, and Amina Luqman-Dawson.

Diversify the publishing industry. Their Internship Grant program has offered career guidance and financial support to over 110 diverse college students interested in a publishing a career. 70 percent of their grantees are now employed in the publishing industry.

Fighting book bans. As censorship and book challenges have spread nationwide, WNDB supports the affected creators and educators via their Books Save Lives initiative.

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