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Better world books will sell, donate or recycle collected textbooks with each sale helping to support library and nonprofit grant programs and book donations made around the world and in some cases your own backyard. Better world books is excited to introduce the leap grants literacy and education in action program for libraries. After closing retail store in goshen, better world books. Better world books awards grants to libraries and nonprofit literacy groups that work towards promoting literacy in their communities. The better world books literacy grants draw from the pool of funds created by the sale of new books as well as those used books not earmarked for a specific cause. Every purchase on our site helps fund world literacy and so does every book donated. This years world book day wbd campaign was bigger and better than ever, according to kirsten grant, who has directed the event since 2011. The one that came from scotland took a little longer of course but i was very happy that you were able to find it for me.
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