Review: Kendra Scott Literacy Charm

Back in March, I purchased the Kendra Scott Literacy Charm as a birthday gift to myself.

Turns out it is difficult to take a picture of a bracelet on the wrist of your dominant hand.

50% of the proceeds of this charm benefit First Book, a program I've championed on this blog before. Each charm sold provides a book to a child in need.

Kendra Scott is distributing 2,000 books through First Book to children affected by the COVID-19 crisis, so any purchase of this charm has an immediate impact.

The Kendra Scott Literacy charm is available in gold, rose gold, vintage silver, and vintage gold. I purchased the vintage silver charm to match my charm bracelet.

The included removable bail is very easy to use. You flip it open, place it around the desired link in a bracelet or around a necklace chain, and then close it. It is very secure and I don't think it would come undone on its own.

As for the charm itself, it is heavier than my James Avery charms. I wouldn't do a whole bracelet of Kendra Scott charms. But a few won't cause a bracelet to weigh too much. The front of the charm is stamped with the Kendra Scott symbol and you can open it to read the words "Be Kind. Do Good."

Opened charm

Closed charm

I like seeing this charm on my bracelet. It represents my love of books and helps engender that love within a new generation. I think it was worth the $35 I paid for it and will hang on my charm bracelet for a long time to come. I recommend the Kendra Scott Literacy Charm to any book lover.

The Literacy Site

The Literacy Site supports Room to Read and First Book.  All you have to do is go to the site, click a button, and view the resulting ads.  There is also a store you can shop in and the profits go to buy books.  I've blogged about both Room to Read and First Book and both programs are well worth supporting. 

Snopes.com vetted original GreaterGood.com site The Hunger Site, so you can assume your daily clicks are actually helping to buy children books.

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Graphic via First Book Tumblr

I've written about First Book before, but wanted to give an update on an easy way to help.  Go vote!

First Book

First Book bridges publishers and communities in order to provide children with their first books.  Recently, they distributed 1.2 million books in ten days.  If you're an educator or program admin, you may be eligible for free books.  You can get involved through donations, volunteering, and fundraising.  Or you could shop at these partners to support First Book.

As for all the authors reading this, here's the special ways you can help.

First Book has a four-star rating from Charity Navigator.