A crowd of children holds up picture books in front of a colorful bus with "Read" emblazoned on it.

Book’em Kids Book Bus

Spreading the joy of reading is Book’em’s love language. Parnassus Books gave a bus to the program in 2022, and since then it has been appearing at community events all over the city. Its gleaming interior is set up like a bookstore, beautifully displaying board books and chapter books. But the best part of this bus is that each child is able to pick out one book for free, helping spread literacy and book ownership to underserved areas of Nashville. Seeing kids leaving the bus, clutching a new book to their chests, with a big grin on their faces — what could beat that? If you feel like giving back, you can also organize book drives to fill the bus.

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