Madison Reading Project Launches Annual Community Book Drive

For the sixth year in a row, Madison Reading Project is launching its annual Community Book Drive, promising to fill the homes of area children with new books this holiday season.

The goal: Raise $50,000 and acquire 2,000 brand new books before winter break for their year-end giving events and literacy programming in 2026.

Madison Reading Project staff and volunteers will place book collection bins at public locations such as shopping malls, and have 35 different community organizations, bookstores, corporate groups, and sponsors already hosting individual new book drives to help reach the goal. Anyone can sign up to run a Peers for Pages fundraiser or bookraiser, shop their online book wishlist, or participate at local bookstores.

Financial donations can be made online by clicking on their website’s Community Book Drive tab or by mailing them a physical check.

Visit madisonreadingproject.com to get involved. A business, club, friend group, or neighborhood can also organize an in-person book-raiser.

Books may be donated online or at several of their bookseller partners across Dane County or at their Book Center, 1337 Greenway Cross, in Madison. Donations of brand-new books for children ages 0-18 are cheerfully accepted through the end of the year.

Visit Madison Reading Project’s website for more on the book drive, book suggestions, book-giving programs, or to make a monetary contribution: madisonreadingproject.com/communitybookdrive.

The drive ends Dec. 10 to ensure books get to kids on time before schools close. The fundraiser is open until the end of the year.

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