RIVER CITY READERS PROMOTES THE LOVE OF READING IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA BY PROVIDING BOOKS, AUTHOR EVENTS AND RELATED PROGRAMMING TO PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.
We’ve provided over 10,000 books in the past 12 years to St. Louis Public School students. Take a look at the books we’ve provided here.​ Become a Sponsor! We need your help to reach our goal of bringing books to as many children in the St. Louis Public School system as possible! Sponsoring a student is tax-deductible and only costs $100 per school year. You may sponsor an entire classroom for $2,500. We accept sponsorships from both individuals and businesses.​ Children in the St. Louis Public Schools are faced with so many challenges that they don’t usually have a chance to discover reading outside of school hours.​ River City Readers sponsors students in the enrolled classrooms for an entire school year. The children receive popular new books every other month, each one inscribed with their name so they can start their own personal library at home. For many of these children, these will be the first books they can call their own to keep and treasure. They are new to the idea of reading outside of school assignments. We hope to build their love of books and make lifelong readers of them all.