Open Books is a Chicago-based nonprofit with a mission to improve the city's literacy rate and a multifaceted approach to accomplishing it. Since 2006, the organization has been expanding its literacy programs for children, teenagers and adults and has also been collecting thousands of donated books. In November 2009, Open Books finally opened its own used bookstore, where the donated fiction,...
Each year, Open Books cultivates the literacy skills of thousands and children, from those who need intervention to those who desire enrichment. Open Books also provides readers of all ages with engaging, appropriate, and high-quality books through our book grant programs.
Open Books collects hundreds of thousands of donated books from individuals, community groups, and corporations. We use...
Open Books is an amazing bookstore with 50,000 high quality used books whose profits go directly to funding literacy programs across Chicago.