Home | Save Our Shores Home About Support Us Contact More the book initiative more than 61 of low income families have ZERO books in their homes for their children book deserts disproportionately exist in Black Latinx Indigenous and low income White communities 83 of books are about white characters animals things88 of children39s books are published by nonBIPOC publishers what does the book initiative do. access provides access to books to underserved children from stocking Little Free Libraries in book deserts to providing book donations directly to children in need to providing financial support to programs that get books in the hands of children most in need amplify amplifies both the need for access to books for underserved children as well as the need for diverse voices in the book world through communications as well as participation in and support of organizations focused on responding to book challenges to diverse books diversify focuses on diversifying bookshelves by soliciting donations of or acquiring books featuring diverse characters or books by diverse authors for children in need as well as provides donations of diverse books to free or public libraries accessible by underserved children support us today. Show your support by donating today to provide access to books to children in need. The book initiative is a registered 501c3 charity and your donation is tax deductible to the extent allowable by U.