About Children Pay Children

Children Pay Children uses children’s own voices and children’s literature as a pathway to literacy and educational opportunity for children around the world.

✍️ Children Create

Children write stories, poems, and other creative works.

📚 Stories Become Books

Selected children’s work is published and shared with readers around the world.

❤️ Children Help Children

Proceeds and donations support educational opportunities for children in need.

🌎 A Community Grows

Children, teachers, families, libraries, and volunteers work together to spread kindness and literacy.

Why We Do It

Every child has a story worth telling.

Some children have abundant opportunities to learn, create, and share their voices. Others face barriers that make even basic educational opportunities difficult to access.

We believe these children should not be separated by those differences. Through creativity and kindness, children can help create opportunities for one another.

Our Impact​

Every story we publish is a small step toward creating greater opportunities for children. Through children’s writing, book publishing, literacy programs, and community partnerships, we are building connections between children who may live thousands of miles apart.

Every Number Tells a Story

We’ve been helping

100+ Children from 10+ Countries

become published young authors

with the help of

100+ Volunteers & Supporters

to reach

50,000 readers annually.

And we are just getting started. ​

Become a Young Author Today

Share your story. Make a difference.

Become a Strategic Partner

Create meaningful opportunities for children.

Explore Our Books

Read stories that give back.