Thank you for your interest in hosting a Reading Opens the World literacy event in your community.
AFT locals have hosted more than 100 literacy events this year and provided hundreds of thousands of books for Title I classrooms, after-school programs, book clubs, home libraries for families in need, and community centers. We have distributed all the funding that we had available for 2026.
We will reopen the Reading Opens the World application in January 2027.
In the meantime, please feel free to register with our partner First Book to select and purchase books at 50-90 percent of retail costs.
