Creating Room to Read: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy

<b>The inspirational story of a former Microsoft executive's quest to build libraries around the world and share the love of books</b><br><br>What's happened since John Wood left Microsoft to change the world? Just ask six million kids in the poorest regions of Asia and Africa. In 1999, at the age of thirty-five, Wood quit a lucrative career to found the nonprofit Room to Read. Described by the San Francisco Chronicle as &quot;the Andrew Carnegie of the developing world,&quot; he strived to bring the lessons of the corporate world to the nonprofit sector - and succeeded spectacularly. <br><br>In his acclaimed first book, <i>Leaving Microsoft to Change the World</i>, Wood explained his vision and the story of his start-up. Now, he tackles the organization's next steps and its latest challenges - from managing expansion to raising money in a collapsing economy to publishing books for children who literally have no books in their native language. At its heart, <i>Creating Room to Read</i> shares moving stories of the people Room to Read works to help: impoverished children whose schools and villages have been swept away by war or natural disaster and girls whose educations would otherwise be ignored. <br><br>People at the highest levels of finance, government, and philanthropy will embrace the opportunity to learn Wood's inspiring business model and blueprint for doing good. And general readers will love <i>Creating Room to Read</i> for its spellbinding story of one man's mission to put books within every child's reach.