“My job is to focus on creating a therapeutic environment that fosters healing and growth. Your books have been a very important aspect of this by providing our residents with material that they can read, reflect upon, use to assist in self-expression, and in the development of coping skills.”

“I have given this book away so many times that I finally have not gotten it back... It is a book that I find myself doubling back to all the time when trying to explain the passion I have for working with and teaching my gifted students on the Southside of Chicago.”

“History is so much more than dates and names of events. It is a vibrant, emotional, colorful, and personal account of the past.”

“Sometimes I feel like I won’t be able to live long enough to actually do something positive for our city and that’s my biggest fear... Passing on these books will help me get some peace of mind, knowing at least I took my first steps.”