Whitney M. is a recent graduate of Ryerson’s Fashion Communication program and works in Toronto. She called us one day out of the blue to...
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Sharing Books Together
The Children’s Book Bank is best known for supplying free children’s books to families in high-needs communities throughout Toronto. This is a large part of...
Happy Holidays from The Children’s Book Bank
Seasonal Greetingsfrom The Children’s Book Bank The kids who take home free books from The Children’s Book Bank offer us their thanks like this. As...
Kevin Sylvester, author of the Neil Flambé series, visits the Book Bank!
The highlight of last week was Friday – a day we’ve dubbed “Kevin Sylvester Fan Day” at the Book Bank. A grade 6 class from...
Cheater’s Trivia Night for the Children’s Book Bank
A group of students in the Centennial College Corporate Communications and Public Relations class of 2012 is hosting an inaugural fundraising event for the Children’s...
Toronto kids helping Toronto kids
The volunteers and staff at the Children’s Book Bank love when someone arrives at our storefront carrying a box of a books to donate. Sometimes...
Back in the Swing of Things
Hello readers, It was a great feeling to flip our store’s sign from CLOSED to OPEN on September 12th. It marked the beginning of another...
Our Founder is a Finalist for Chatelaine’s Women of the Year Awards
We are so proud of our Founder and Executive Director, Kim Beatty, for being a finalist in Chatelaine’s Women of the Year Awards. Her efforts...
Blast Off to Summer Reading
We like to update our display table every week with a new theme. After a beautiful Canada Day display, our fabulous librarian, Jane, thought that...
New Book Collection Bin at Mabel’s Fables
We are very excited to announce our newest venture in book recycling: Mabel’s Fables will host our book collection bin outside their gorgeous storefront at...