Our mission is to improve early childhood literacy and learning in New Mexico.

In partnership with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, we mail free books every month to children under five in Bernalillo and Valencia County. Libros for Kids is a non-profit organization, and all our board members are volunteers.

 
 
 

We will mail a free, high quality, age-appropriate book each month to your child. Registration and shipping are also free. See how to register your child here. With each new in-person book registration, we provide the child's first book, The Little Engine That Could. For a full list of books provided, see here.

Our goal is to spark children’s interest in books, set the stage for quality reading time, and strengthen the connection between a child and their parent.

If a child signs up at birth, they will have their own library of 60 books (12 of which are bilingual) by the time they turn five.

Studies show that living in a “language-rich environment” has a long-lasting impact on children. See more about why reading to your child is important here. So, when a parent registers their child, we hope they make a promise to read to them.


Board Members

All our board members are volunteers!

John Heidrich

PRESIDENT

Linda Contos

TREASURER

Katherine Chilton

Kathy Jones

Juan Larrañaga

Roger Selva

Lance Chilton

VICE-PRESIDENT

Julia Grimes

SECRETARY

Jake Contos-Heidrich

Linell Jones

Evelyn Selva

Mary Beth Thorn

Skip Thorn