Impacting literacy at home, book by book.

Our Mission

This program is about connection. It’s about kids connecting with books, it’s about families connecting over reading, and it’s about communities connecting over shared favorite books from childhood through adulthood.

Our Vision

To impact literacy by building home libraries full of meaningful, intentionally chosen, diverse texts across Nashville.

“Literacy is the foundation of a student’s educational journey... Right now, our biggest academic challenge for our students is literacy. Currently, only one-third of our third graders are reading on grade level. (Gov. Bill Lee, State of the State Address 2020)
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— TN Gov. Bill Lee, State of the State Address 2020
“Without access to books, the persistent gap between children who have access and those who don’t will remain. Our students will not reach their full potential without books, regardless of the educational reforms schools implement.”
— Miller, D. Sharp, C. (2018). Game Changer! Book Access for All Kids. New York, NY: Scholastic.

making strides in literacy

To have a diverse collection [of books] that they can see themselves in I think has made a huge difference in them… they want to read. To see them wanting to read is like, “Yes, we are making strides.”

- MNPS Dean of Students about Nashville Book Connection

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Nashville Book Connection is a 501(c)(3) organization.

All Illustrations and logo design by Penelope Dullaghan. Photography by Hailey Hoffman.