Mission: Guided by the fact that literacy is essential to lifelong success, Page Ahead provides new books and develops reading activities that empower at-risk children. Founded in 1990, Page Ahead Children's Literacy Program has given more than 3.5 million new books to more than 950,000 children through collaborations with schools, social service agencies, preschools, and early childhood programs across Washington.

Through our programs, we work to erase the early reading gap for under-resourced children before it becomes an "achievement" gap. Page Ahead has grown from a King County book giveaway project to the leading provider of children's books and literacy services in the state, currently serving more than 16,000 students in eighteen counties.

Page Ahead Children's Literacy Program is a 501(c)(3) organization, with an IRS ruling year of 1993, and donations are tax-deductible.