The Book Truck was a 501c3 teen literacy nonprofit that was founded in 2012 and after 13 wonderful years, closed its doors in May 2026 after having served over 50,000 teens and given away over 89,000 high-quality, high-interest books.
Please feel free to download these free resources created by The Book Truck to help improve reading engagement for teens.
Helping Teens Choose Their Books
Want to help teens choose books they’ll love? Here’s a step-by-step guide to help engage teens in reading. Explore different genre/read-alike categories, conversation starters around books, and more.
Genre Labels for Books
Download a free template for creating your own printable genre labels for teen books at your giveaway or in your collection.
Tips for Organizing Your Literacy Event or Community Bookshelf
Do you offer free books to teens in your community? Here are tips for organizing books on shelves or at giveaways including a genre key to help teens find books that interest them most.
Teen Book Sorts
Here’s a how-to on guiding a group of teens or adult volunteers to sort your books into a genre system along with other activity ideas.
Our mission was to increase literacy for teens to put them on a path to a brighter future. We trained educators and teens to increase reading in their communities and then provided free high-interest, high-quality books and literacy support materials through our Literacy Events, Lit Boxes, and Community Bookshelves.
Thank you & goodbye!
The Book Truck Team
Reading Engagement Resources for Teens
Free Downloads to Support Teen Reading Engagement
Provided by The Book Truck, a former 501c3 teen literacy nonprofit, and Data Driven Marketers.
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