2 million children's books are being distributed by Itaú Social

Itaú program distributes children's books All over Brazil. The “Read with a child” program, created in 2010 by Itaú Social, is distributing 2 million children's books free of charge. However, not everyone can apply for this benefit, only social organizations and municipal education departments. In this edition, the works are “From passinho to passinho: a book to dream and dance” and “The fishery of the curumim and other indigenous poems”. Check out the full article and learn more about this bank initiative.

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See how the program works

All of society can participate in the campaign by helping to mobilize and publicize the program. However, to receive the kits, the municipal education departments and civil society organizations need to make a request by 6 pm on September 2nd.

Each kit consists of two books, and each child assisted or enrolled must receive one. The works can also be requested in Braille or in large font for children with visual impairments. In addition, in

program website 14 titles are available on the digital shelf and a collection of 22 works distributed in recent years in accessible audiovisual versions.

Aiming at democratizing access to quality literary reading for people in socioeconomic vulnerability, the program prioritizes the most vulnerable municipalities. The parameters established from the degree of income concentration (Gini Index), Basic Education Development Index (Ideb), poverty indicators and others.

Books value black and indigenous people and cultures

In 2022, the public notice chose stories that value black and indigenous people and cultures, with priority given to books by authors or illustrators who declare themselves to be black and/or indigenous. The selected books were:

• From passinho to passinho: A book to dream and dance – Editora Companhia das Letrinhas, text by Otávio Júnior and illustrations by Bruna Lubambo and;
• 12 poems from A pescaria do curumim and other indigenous poems – Editora Panda Books, text by Tiago Hakiy and illustrations by Taísa Borges.

According to Itaú Social, the books are chosen through an announcement and the selections for the 2023 books are open until 6 pm on September 9th. The copy can be on any topic, in prose or poetry, whose target audience are children from 0 to 6 years, with up to 50 pages and with writers and illustrators from Latin American countries born and residents. Publishers not covered in the last edition can submit up to three titles using the form on the Itaú Social Public Notice Platform.