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Behind the Book’s mission is to excite children and young adults about reading. Working with low-income students in high-need New York City K-12 public schools, we bring authors and their books into individual classrooms to build literacy skills and a new generation of book readers.

Behind the Book is a school-based literacy non-profit whose mission is to excite children and young adults about reading. Working in the Kindergarten-12th grades, we bring authors and their books into individual classrooms to build literacy skills, engage students and develop a new generation of book readers. Our programs occur during school hours, are part of the class curricula and meet the NY State Learning Standard.