Books in Homes® is a charitable foundation that provides books-of-choice to children living in remote, disadvantaged and low socio-economic circumstances, ensuring crucial early literacy engagement and the development of reading skills needed for lifelong achievement.
Please donate to support our vision to create an Australia where every child and family has access to books in the home.
Books in Homes is honoured to be the charity partner again for the fourth Words on the Waves Writers Festival on the Central Coast of NSW. Exploring the theme “past is present is future is always”, prepare to soak up unbelievable stories, sail through big ideas and deep-dive into unspoken […]
Read more...Books in Homes is proud to announce the winner of the 2023 Mainfreight Best Book Giving Assembly Competition as Doonside Public School in Doonside, NSW. Doonside Public School is the fourth winner of the competition, which was launched in 2019. (The Competition was not held in 2020 due to the onset of Covid 19.) […]
Read more...At the end of 2023, Books in Homes surpassed the 3 million books distributed mark. The Books in Homes program aims to overcome the inequality of educational opportunities in communities where access to books for families is limited or non-existent and resources are often scarce. In doing so, the program […]
Read more...We’re approaching the holiday break so we want to express our appreciation to our supporters… thank you to our Sponsors, Donors, Role Models, volunteers, schools, and communities. Your dedication has resulted in the distribution of 129,048 books through 2023. This means we have crossed our 3 million books distributed threshold! Congratulations to everyone for every […]
Read more...The Mainfreight Award for Excellence in Attitude was launched in 2019. The award recognises senior students at our Mainfreight-sponsored school who have shown a positive attitude in all areas of school life or who have been recognised for having accomplished a major goal or made an exceptional effort at school during the year. […]
Read more...Sharing Best Practice (SBP) is a grassroots movement comprised of educators and allied health professionals who, through SBP conferences and events across Australia, share best practice pedagogies and current, scientifically-backed practices. On April 29 2023, Corrimal High School hosted the first Sharing Best Practice Illawarra. Over 200 educators attended this event […]
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