Peep this slideshow from Flavorwire about the most playful libraries in the world:

NYC’s Robin Hood Foundation library.

Read these:

• Don’t have enough time to get through all those titles on your shelf (or Kindle)? Dan Shipper over on Lifehacker shares his secrets on how to read a lot of books.
• Learn about how an Australian design firm has created a dust jacket that transforms into a shipping box to donate used books to the homeless. 
  
• If you missed these blog posts on Idealist the first time around, get inspired by how communities around the world are promoting the love of reading, why independent presses and organizations in the Twin Cities are combining forces to increase the city’s literary IQ, and the story of one man in Bogotá who rescued books from the trash to create a library in his home.

Take action:

• Are you a proud word nerd who wants to give back? Browse over 4,000 literacy-related opportunities on Idealist.