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The Buggie and our volunteers would love to participate in your event. We offer children a fun-filled experience to choose from a wide variety of books and reading levels. Our volunteers are friendly and excited to help children choose the best books for them. The Free Book Buggie currently only has the capacity to attend events in the Minnesota Twin Cities area. To see our schedule, view our calendar.

If you are an organization and would like the Buggie to attend your community event, please fill out the form.

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**Private and community events will have a fee.
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Our Story

A van and a dream – that’s how The Free Book Buggie (TFBB) got started. Debbie, a passionate reader since childhood, set out to find a solution to a growing problem in our communities: lack of access to age-appropriate children’s books.

As a volunteer mom, she and a very good friend Sue, created an “I Love to Read,” program for their children’s elementary school that got bigger and better each year, for 11 years.

While traveling in Brazil, Debbie and her daughter Meghan saw a colorful VW bus filled with books, surrounded by tables also filled with books. That was enough of an inspiration for the light bulb to go on. They sat down in the park with a tiny little notebook and brainstormed names for the nonprofit.

Debbie knew that there were two challenges many families faced: financial resources to purchase books, and the transportation to get to the books. She set out to find a way to solve those challenges and the answer was – fill her van with children’s books, take them to children where they live and learn, and give them away for free. That mini van became known as The Free Book Buggie.

TFBB partners with cities, schools, and many other community organizations to reach the children that need resources the most.

Over 350,000 books, more than 60 cities, 300 plus partnerships, and many volunteers later, the original “Buggie” grew up and is now a repurposed shuttle bus, the new Free Book Buggie.

Watch for the Buggie as it rolls through your neighborhood!

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Making a Difference with The Free Book Buggie!

Meet Debbie Beck, the founder of the Free Book Buggie and discover how the Free Book Buggie got started! Join us on our mission to provide free books to children in need. Through collaboration, community partnerships, and dedicated volunteers, we've given away over 450,000 books in the Twin Cities area. Witness the joy in children's faces as they hug their new books. View our website for event details, volunteer opportunities, and how you can help us promote literacy for all

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I want to express our heartfelt gratitude. We eagerly anticipate the joy and excitement that these books will bring to our program.

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Request Books Form

For Families and Individuals: The Buggie comes to you. Our retrofitted shuttle bus travels to events across the Twin Cities so families can pick up free books right in their own community. Visit our calendar to find a stop near you.
For Little Free Library Stewards: Pick up a box of up to 100 free books at Burnsville High School on the first Saturday of each month (excluding holiday weekends) through our drive-up service.
For Schools and Organizations: Fill out the form below with your delivery details and book needs, and we'll take it from there.

Please fill out the form below if:

Your organization would like to request books
You are LFL steward and would like to request books

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Thank you for requesting books. We will be in touch soon!

Every kid deserves a book that's theirs to keep.

It's a challenge we take on together: you raise $100,000, and we give 100,000 free books to kids by the end of June 2027. Every dollar raised is one more book in a child's hands.

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What is the $100K for 100K Community Challenge?

A year-long push to raise $100,000 so we can put 100,000 books into kids' hands — because every single dollar becomes a book a child gets to keep.

Owning a book changes how a child sees themselves.

It's the difference between "this belongs to the library" and "this is mine."

In a lot of the homes we reach, there aren't any age-appropriate books. A child who gets to choose their own and take it home starts to see themselves as a reader. That's where everything begins.