The Children’s Book Bank provides free books and literacy support to children living in high-needs neighbourhoods across Toronto. Since 2008, the Book Bank has operated a beautiful storefront space located in the Regent Park neighbourhood which welcomes school and camp groups as well as families and their children to listen to stories, browse our collection, and choose a favourite book to take home to keep. In 2022, the Book Bank moved to Daniels Spectrum, in the heart of Regent Park. In 2021, The Children’s Book Bank gave away nearly 110,000 donated books. The purpose of The Children’s Book Bank is to provide equal access to books for all children in Toronto, thereby improving literacy rates and socioeconomic outcomes. According to a study by Frontier College, “Higher literacy can boost the economic and financial success of individuals and the economy as a whole. It can reduce poverty, improve health, lift community engagement and lead to a higher standard of living. In fact, it is hard to identify any other single issue that can have such a large payoff to individuals, the economy and society.”