New Books for a New Year

Help Build Home Libraries

for Children in Need!

With schools and libraries currently closed, and with Chicago Public Schools encouraging independent reading time, building home libraries is vital to children’s success now more than ever.

  • 61% of low-income families have no books at all in their homes for children.

  • Approximately 1 in 3 students on the South and West Sides of Chicago lack broadband access to participate in virtual learning.

  • Every book that you buy from this list will be distributed to Chicago kids in under-resourced communities via CPS meal distribution and community partners.

Click the icon to access the New Book Amazon Wish List:

Thank you for your generosity in purchasing books for the book drive. Please select "Elle Light" when choosing the shipping address. The donated books will be properly donated to Open Books. Look out for pictures!


For questions in regards to shipping, please contact Elle Light at elle.light@wgirls.org or Samantha Lovett at samantha.lovett@wgirls.org.