Bright Star Books, Inc.

Bright Star Books gives books primarily through our two key programs: Growing Young Readers and Free Book Fairs, which are targeted to reach the children in Greater Akron least likely to have age-appropriate books at home.

Growing Young Readers is our partnership with the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants & Children (WIC) of Summit County, through which we distribute gently used, developmentally appropriate children’s books to their clients, serving thousands of low-income children from birth to age five.

Our Free Book Fairs, in partnership with Akron Public Schools and the Akron YMCA, let elementary and middle-school aged children pick reading level age-appropriate books to take home.

Every year, Bright Star Books gives away more than 50,000 books.