Attention all! Our amazing friends at Wintrust have partnered with us to become book drop partners! All Illinois Wintrust Bank locations can now accept book donations for us.This increase in our book drop locations will open up more opportunities for Bernie’s Book Bank to receive books for our organization. More books donated by you means more books […]
Today is Norton Juster’s 88th birthday! His first, and arguably most famous book, “The Phantom Tollbooth” was published in 1961.“The Phantom Tollbooth” won the George C. Stone Center for Children’s Books Award and continues to be treasured by children and adults alike today. Juster once said, “I think kids slowly begin to realize that what […]
3rd Graders Help Donate 7,000 Books to Bernie’s Book Bank This following article is from the Solomon Schechter Day School of Metropolitan Chicago. Find the original article here. Congratulations to our 3rd grade for a very successful mitzvah project! For the third year in a row, the 3rd graders spearheaded a book donation drive, with the proceeds going […]
Annie Ignoffo, of Lake Forest, regularly volunteers at Bernie’s Book Bank, 917 North Shore Drive, Lake Bluff. The book bank collects and distributes new and gently used children’s books throughout the Chicago area. January is their volunteer appreciation month. For information on volunteering or donations, click here. Was there an event that inspired you to […]
The 4th Annual Books Lovers’ Lunch North Shore was Bernie’s Book Bank biggest and most successful yet. The lunch took place Friday, May 1, 2015, at Exmoor Country Club in Highland Park. Nearly 250 guests attended this SOLD OUT event, featuring Allison Pataki, bestselling author of The Traitor’s Wife and her latest work, The Accidental […]
Chicago author Allison Pataki cannot be slowed down. Regarded as a “force in historical fiction,” this New York Times best-selling author published her first two novels within a year of each other, and has already begun to tackle her next, highly anticipated project, a sequel to “The Accidental Empress.” Marrying history and fiction in an […]
Bernie’s Book Bank volunteer Becky Wolf received a Shout Out in the Lincolnwood Review and was kind enough to mention Bernie’s! The Following is an excerpt Q: So you’re a teacher in Wauconda with a reading emphasis or specialty. What’s your favorite book? A: The Giving Tree [by Shel Silverstein]. There are so many but […]