Hello District 65 Parents/Guardians and Students! Young, Black & Lit is excited to kick off our Direct to Home Lit Year program for the 2026/2027 school year. Throughout the year, your student will receive 15 age appropriate books with Black main characters to help build their home libraries. This program is open to all K - 8th grade students enrolled in Evanston/Skokie School District 65 (hereinafter D65 Students), but it is subject to the first 400 sign-ups.
We do our best to provide a wide variety of books and encourage you to read the books with your children and discuss the themes in the books. If there are books your child does not connect with, we encourage you to donate them to families and/or organizations that can use them. We will try to provide a mix of books that your child can read independently and those that may require some extra help reading. Please select the age level of books you believe is most appropriate for your child's reading level.
Please Note:
- The Program is open to all D65 students in Kindergarten through 5th grade on a first come-first served basis (up to 400 students).
- Participation is FREE.
- Books will be shipped directly to your home (3 mailings of 5 books) throughout the 2026-2027 school year.
- We can only ship to Evanston or Skokie mailing addresses. We CANNOT ship to PO Boxes.
- If you move during the school year or otherwise need to update your shipping address during the school year, please email us at info@youngblackandlit.org.
- If you have multiple children enrolled in D65, please complete a separate form for each child.
