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

Open Books had an amazing time at the Printers Row Book Fair! We are delighted to have been part of the Midwest's largest literary event and look forward to doing it again in 2009. Check out the photos!

Podcast #3 is here! Learn about Open Books' literacy programs at Schiller Elementary School through the voices of students, staff, and volunteers. Student poetry recitations included.

As Seen On: CAN-TV! Watch three of our Corliss High School authors discuss their novels and the publishing process.

Teachers and youth program leaders: are you looking for a great writing experience for your students? Check out our Creative Writing Field Trips!