DC-Metro Youth Literacy Grants

Every year the Children's Book Guild provides grants to schools in the DC area. Schools receive funds to acquire books for their libraries, media centers, or classrooms. The Guild partners with First Book Market place to make book selections and purchases.

These are the schools and organizations that have been recipients of the Youth Literacy Grants:

2025: Cooper Lane Elementary School, Prince Georges County, MD.; Malcolm X Elementary School, Washington, D.C.;

Miner Elementary School, Washington, D.C.; Nalle Elementary School, Washington, D.C.; Savoy Elementary School, Washington, D.C.; Turner Elementary School, Washington, D.C.

2024: Aspire! After School Learning, Arlington, VA;

Dorothy I Height Elementary School, Washington, D.C.;

Military Road Early Learning Center, Washington, D.C.;

Nevel Thomas Elementary, Washington, D.C.;

Ruby Tucker Family Center, Alexandria, VA

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2023: Twinbrook Elementary School in Montgomery County, MD; Langdon Elementary and Charles Hart Middle Schools and School Without Walls in Washington, D.C.; and Summer Fun Stuff/Do Kind Works in Montgomery County, MD/Washington, D.C.

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2022: Simon Elementary and Truesdell Elementary in Washington, D.C., Springhill Lake Elementary in Greenbelt, and St. Francis International School in Silver Spring

2019-2020: C. W. Harris Elementary School, Excel Academy, Payne Elementary School, West Education Campus 

2018-2019: TraRon Center, Fox Chapel Elementary School, Garrison Elementary School 

2017-2018: Dunbar High School, Anacostia High School, Brookland Middle School, Kramer Middle School, Thomson Elementary School, Brightwood Elementary School 

2016-2017: Patterson Elementary School, Plummer Elementary School, Cleveland Elementary School, Anne Beers Elementary School, Garfield Elementary School, Langdon Elementary School 

2014-2015: Kimball Elementary School, Ketcham Elementary School, Whittier Elementary School

The Guild welcomes suggestions of schools in the DC Metro area that would benefit from this program. Please send suggestions or inquiries here.  

Thank you!

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