In 2008-2009, The Children's Bookstore Foundation donated books to over 9 percent of the children enrolled in the Baltimore City Public School system.
Sample Titles of Books Donated in 2008-2009
- 115 copies of The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis to AFYA Public Charter School
- 116 copies of Corduroy by Don Freeman to Guilford Elementary School
- 195 copies of All the Colors of the Earth by Sheila Hamanaka to Dallas F. Nichols Elementary School
- 150 copies of Kindred by Octavia Butler to Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
- 50 copies of Santa Claus in Baghdad to New Era Academy
- 325 copies of Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi to Baltimore City College High School
- 158 copies of Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt to Leith Walk Elementary School
- 75 copies of The Number Devil by Hans Magnus Enzensberger to Booker T. Washington Middle School
- 60 copies of Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder to Roland Park Elementary School
- 160 copies of Bing Bang Boing by Douglas Florian to Chinquapin Middle School