| October Special
All Month:
20% off
all
Mystery,
Horror, and True Crime
books!
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Halloween Puppet Show Storytime!
Tricks,
treats and face painting! Join us
for an extra-spooky Puppet Show storytime. Children, adults, and puppets are encouraged to dress in
costume!
October 23
11am
FREE
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Open Books Welcomes
Elizabeth Rosner
and Blue Nude
Award-winning
novelist, poet, and essayist Elizabeth Rosner celebrates the paperback release
of her bestseller Blue Nude with Open
Books. Join us for a reading, Q and A session and the opportunity to
meet the author!
October 6
7 - 8:30pm
FREE
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| Open Books Welcomes
J.J. Tindall
and Ballots From The Dead
Join us as J.J. Tindall, humorous
and engaging Chicago lyricist and poet-in-residence for the Beachwood Reporter, shares work from his recently released poetry paperback Ballots from the Dead!
October 14
6:30 - 8:30pm
FREE
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Dear Open Books friends,
As you load up on spooky tales by Poe, Stoker, Lovecraft,
and your other favorite writers of fright, take a moment to
consider some of the scary literacy statistics that we are working to improve. According to the National Right To Read
Foundation, 42 million American adults can't read at all and 50 million are
unable to read at a level that is expected of a fourth or fifth grader. We hope
you'll join in our efforts by purchasing your next great read from the store or
attending one of our events this month. Costumes are optional (though we will
happily give candy and a 5% discount on book purchases to anyone who comes in
costume!).
Kevin Elliott
Bookstore Manager
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Say BOO To Scary Statistics:
Join Us For The First Annual
Open Books Buddies
Virtual Book Drive!Did you know that 61% of low-income households have no children's books at home? We're trying to combat that scary statistic by holding a virtual book drive for our Buddies Program! Studies
have shown that even 15 minutes a day of independent reading can expose
students to more than a million words of text in a year. We've already given more than a thousand books to elementary school
students through Buddies, and with your help we can give a thousand more! For
every $5 donation made at the store, you can pick from dozens of book spines
to place on our virtual bookshelf, and all proceeds will go toward funding our Open Books Buddies Program. Your donation will help ensure that our
students have books to read at home as well as at school. Come in and place a book or two on our
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Join In The Revels!
Open
Books is throwing a fabulous gala for literacy, and YOU are invited to
attend! The Revelry: A Night Fair, a dynamic, dazzling, and dramatic night of hope and
inspiration supported by our local community and dedicated to the
fight to end illiteracy, will be a celebration of reading, writing and
the REVELATORY power of used books. See you there! November 5
7 - 10:30pm
Salvage OneThe Revelry: A Night Fair
will feature:** Delightful Hors d'oeuvres **
** Delicious Desserts **courtesy of Eli's Cheesecake
** Brilliant Beer and Wonderful Wine **courtesy of Half Acre Beer
** Dynamic Dancing **to the swinging tunes of the Flat Cats
** Ecstatic Entertainment ** magic, stilt-walking, and fortune-telling
** Amazing Auctions **including trips to
Jackson Hole and Hawaii, rare and autographed books, opera tickets, spa
packages, sports memorabilia, a hot air balloon ride, the chance for one
lucky bidder to have a novel published, and more
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