Uplifting community one book at a time.
Brain Food Books is dedicated to fostering a culture of reading for leisure, recognizing its profound impact on personal growth.
Brain Food Books is dedicated to fostering a culture of reading for leisure, recognizing its profound impact on personal growth.
We show up and give away books in book deserts cross Salt Lake City and surrounding regions—in community pediatric clinics and Title 1 schools, on reservations, and in partnership with other organizations that offer resources to our under-recognized neighbors.
Book Ownership Matters!
* Improved book access at home is generally correlated with higher educational attainment, even controlling for other important factors.
* Book ownership is linked to improved literacy, numeracy, and technological problem solving.
* Improving access to books over the summer helps students mend the “summer slide” achievement gap.
* Book ownership is linked to improved literacy, numeracy, and technological problem solving.
* Improving access to books over the summer helps students mend the “summer slide” achievement gap.
The 2022 Scholastic Kids & Family Reading Report has identified the types of books that young readers want to explore.
Kids want to choose the books they read.
* 93% of kids say their favorite books are the ones they picked out themselves.
* 92% of kids say they are more likely to finish a book that they have picked out themselves.
Kids want to choose the books they read.
* 93% of kids say their favorite books are the ones they picked out themselves.
* 92% of kids say they are more likely to finish a book that they have picked out themselves.
In our partnerships with shelters and rehab centers, we provide books for adults who also need the comfort, insight, encouragement and inspiration books can provide.
Books feed curiosity and exploration while building understanding and empathy. The potential for great things, big and small, lies within all of us when we are provided with the appropriate tools.
