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One for the Books: Retired Lawyer's Gift of Literacy
— Melanie Grayce West - Wall Street Journal, June 2, 2011

Burt Freeman with
NBF's Rebecca Keith

Burt Freeman Receives 2011 National Book Foundation Award for Innovations in Reading
— NBF Press Release, 2011

Summer Must-Read for Kids? Any Book
— Tara Parker-Pope - New York Times, August 2, 2010/a>

The Medium Is the Medium
— David Brooks - New York Times, July 9, 2010

Bloomberg Employees Volunteer to Help our Kids Buy Their Very Own Books
— December 2008

Joel Applebaum Raises $20,000 for the My Own Book Program
— August 3, 2008

NY1 declares Burt Freeman and My Own Book Volunteers to be New Yorkers of the Week

— NY1, February 2008

First Community Service Award Goes to "My Own Book Fund" Founder
— Ethical Outlook, February 2002

New Philanthropists Put Donations to Work
— The New York Times, July 6, 2000

A Dream Comes True
— Bank Street College Alumni News Digest, Summer 2000

Buying Books at Bank Street
— Community Focus (Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Newsletter) Spring 2000

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