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OPEN BOOKS IS...

...a nonprofit bookstore, literacy community center, and volunteer corps dedicated to raising awareness about illiteracy, improving reading skills, and spreading the love of books in Chicago and beyond.






Dear Friends,

We need your help to diversify! Open Books aspires to promote literacy as energetically and thoroughly as possible, and that means we'd like to work with volunteers, donors, and supporters of every ethnicity, age, gender, side of town, interest, you name it! What can you do? Tell your friends, family, colleagues, and contacts to join Open Books, especially those who represent another cultural experience or point of view! Is your aunt or grandpa a night owl? Bring 'em to a bar night! Are there people at your office who look or think differently than you? Invite them to a book sort! Do you belong to a professional club or community group? Let Open Books set up a service day or book drive with your organization. Our literacy students need a range of role models, and diversity makes for more fun -- and a much more effective, inspiring literacy organization. 

Thanks in advance for helping us spread the word and the mission!

Erin Walter
Literacy Director


Press!
Join Open Books at the 2008 Printers Row Book Fair! We're delighted to be a part of the Midwest's largest literary event and will see you all there on June 7-8.
Event!
May is StoryBus month at Open Books! Join us at locations around the city for reading, face painting, book giveaway, and exploration of the amazing StoryBus. FREE and open to the public. Bring yourfamily and enjoy!
Event!
May 30, 2008, is the Gala Corliss Authors Event! Join us for a special reading, book signing, and celebration with the authors of George Henry Corliss High School.
News!

As Seen In: the Chicago Tribune! Are you ready to take the landfill detour? Open Books is looking for donations of new or gently used books!

Event!
Our little buddies need books to take home. Find out how you can help give our kids books for the summer.

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