Our Mission

Books Are GEMS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to inspire children and empower families through literacy.

Located in El Paso, Texas, we serve our community
mainly through our Six (6) Free Books a Month Program!

This program allows us to give six (6) books each month (one [1] new, five [5] gently used books) to every child that comes into our bookstore at no cost to families. All of our books and materials have been generously donated.

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Our Vision

Our vision is to see a book
in the hands of every child in our community.

By putting a book into the hands of every child in our community, we are changing lives one book at a time.

Our goal is to make books easily accessible to all families,
thereby increasing literacy, fluency,
and comprehension in children and their parents.