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PR Newswire September 2026

Grand Opening of Nation's Largest Free Bookstore for Low-Income Families Held in Baltimore

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PR Newswire February 2025

Our Kids Read Launches First Free Diverse Children's Bookstore in Baltimore

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PR Newswire October 2022

Easy A.D. of The Cold Crush Brothers Joins Our Kids Read & The New York Public Library to Gift Culturally Responsive Books to Students Across the Boroughs

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PR Newswire July 2022

Our Kids Read Partners with The New York Public Library to Donate 125,000 Books to NYC Youth

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TV & Broadcast News

CBS News Baltimore (@WJZ13TV) March 2026

Maryland program, Our Kids Read, hopes to help boost literacy rates in children with free books

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FOX45 News Baltimore February 2026 By Olivia Dance

Champions of Courage: Our Kids Read expands access to books for Baltimore children

WBFF FOX 45 Baltimore September 2026

Community Connections – WBFF Fox News Baltimore: Nonprofits supporting youth & learning in Maryland

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FOX45 Baltimore Morning News June 2025

Giving Kids a Lift: Our Kids Read

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FOX 45 Baltimore February 2025

Getting kids excited to read with Read Across America Week

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WMAR-2 News (ABC Baltimore)

Bringing books to Baltimore kids with free bookstore reading program

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Radio & Audio

WEAA, 88.9 FM – Today With Dr. Kaye February 2025

'We want to build home libraries' | Our Kids Read opens free diverse children’s bookstore in Baltimore

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Print & Publications

CBS Baltimore February 15, 2025 By Kaicey Baylor

Free children's bookstore opens in Dundalk to ignite love of reading in underserved children

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Princeton Alumni Weekly (PAW) January 30, 2026 By Tonya Russell

Jahmal Lake ’98 Took Over the Children’s Reading Program His Mother Began

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Black Enterprise

Black-led nonprofit working to close the literacy gap

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Dundalk Eagle

Free children's bookstore opens in Eastpoint Mall

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The Baltimore Banner

Can this free Baltimore County bookstore get more kids reading?

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Online & Digital News

Yahoo! Finance

Grand Opening of Nation's Largest Free Bookstore for Low-Income Families Held in Baltimore

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Baltimore Business Journal September 9, 2026

8 things to know: Our Kids Read literacy hub moves to new location

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Hoodline September 2026

Baltimore's Our Kids Read Opens 33rd Street Free Bookstore

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Cotsen Children’s Library, Princeton University March 11, 2025

Pop Goes the Page: Our Kids Read

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Morningstar

Grand Opening of Nation's Largest Free Bookstore for Low-Income Families Held in Baltimore

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