A blog full of pictures from the Guantanamo prison library.
Source: gitmobooks
Our amazing volunteers pack up the remnants of our Insidewalk #Sale! #books #literacy (at Open Books)
Money better spent.
Dear people who have purchased a Hermès “T-shirt” made of crocodile and chiffon,
I promise you that both your skin and your conscience will feel better about spending your money in our store.
LAST CHANCE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR DIY HALF-OFF SALE!!!
Today is the last day for members (existing and new) to take advantage of our DIY HALF-OFF SALE!
With a $25 Open Books store membership, you’ll secure a Half Off coupon* valid through February 17th and a relationship that will last all year long. This is the most exciting promotion we’ve had yet!
Year-round perks include:
- A $10 coupon for every $100 spent in store
- 10% off all used books bought in store
- A free used book of your choice during your birthday month and
- Early entry to special sales.
Looking for a cheap date this Valentine’s Day?
With a $25 Open Books store membership, you’ll secure a Half Off coupon* valid through February 17th and a relationship that will last all year long. This is the most exciting promotion we’ve had yet!
Year-round perks include:
- A $10 coupon for every $100 spent in store
- 10% off all used books bought in store
- A free used book of your choice during your birthday month and
- Early entry to special sales.
*Become a member before 2/17/13 and we will email you a Half Off coupon. The Half Off coupon is valid on 1 transaction of used books- with as many books in that transaction as you want!- and expires February 17th, 2013.
Happy Valentine’s Day from the Open Books team!
Stop by the store soon to pick up the perfect gift for your loved ones! All purchases help support literacy programs in Chicago. If you can find it in your heart to donate a little extra to literacy this year… you’ll be in our hearts forever!
Come be our Valentine!
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44 8th graders in our store after attending one of our Adventures In Creative Writing Field Trips. They all get to choose a free book to take home with them! #literacy #books #bookstore (at Open Books)
It’s always exciting when students attending our Adventures in Creative Writing Field Trips come into the store after writing their stories to pick out a free book to take home with them.
Many of the 8th graders who came in today chose vampire novels, comic books, and sports biographies, but one young girl came up to the counter and excitedly asked me if we had a copy of “Catcher in the Way” in stock.
“Do you mean Catcher in the Rye?”
After she confirmed that Salinger’s classic was the book she wanted, I had to ask if she had seen yesterday’s episode of John Green’s Crash Course, which masterfully analyzed the text of the book. Her eyes lit up and she nodded emphatically. She seemed surprised that a 33-year-old man like myself would be in tune with someone like John Green or something like Crash Course or Vlogbrothers (never mind that I am a full two years younger than Mr. Green)!
After a short excited chat about the book - about how much I disliked it when I originally read it, and how I hated Holden Caulfield because he reminded me of the parts of myself that I still try to circle away from, and how John Green has made me want to read a book that annoys me all over again with fresh eyes, and how you don’t have to enjoy a book to get something important out of it - the girl paid for her book and clutched it tightly to her chest as she exited the store
Thank you, John Green. You have helped us inspire another young reader and have inspired this opinionated younger-than-you reader to re-examine a book that is well worth the consideration! ^KE
Open Books: We're on a Manhunt for Positive Male Role Models
Refer a male friend to volunteer in an Open Books literacy program and you’ll not only earn a $10 gift card to the Open Books store but you’ll be the catalyst for a high-need student’s transformational learning experience too!
Basics:
During the month of January, you can earn a $10 gift card…
This past Thursday D’Ivory (one of last year’s ReadThenWrite students) spoke to our new class about her memoir and gave them some advice on how to make their memoirs the best they can be. D’Ivory is a student at Chicago Talent Development Charter High School, and she is now a junior. She wrote her memoir about having an abortion her freshman year. She really struggled with the writing process, and it took her weeks to feel comfortable enough to write anything. Today, she is an entirely different person—confident, open, and eager to help the other students. She wants to come back and volunteer with this year’s group of students in January!
It’s easy to get caught up in the newest David Foster Wallace book, bestseller, or heralded literary classic, but among my writing heroes are some of our students, like D’Ivory, who was not only brave enough to write about something difficult and important, but also willing to encourage other students to do the same. ^KE
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