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naomikritzer) wrote2007-02-23 08:55 am
naomikritzer) wrote2007-02-23 08:55 am
This is one of the coolest things I've ever heard
There is a camel bookmobile in northern Kenya. (The link leads to pictures of it: I think this one, of a young girl totally absorbed in a book, is my favorite.)
An author who wrote a novel about this mobile library has organized a book drive for it. She notes that the bush is hard on books (and the books in the pictures are clearly battered), and that children's books are in the highest demand. She also notes that the library patrons particularly like it when a book has been inscribed by the donor. They need books in both Swahili and in English (which is taught in the schools).
An author who wrote a novel about this mobile library has organized a book drive for it. She notes that the bush is hard on books (and the books in the pictures are clearly battered), and that children's books are in the highest demand. She also notes that the library patrons particularly like it when a book has been inscribed by the donor. They need books in both Swahili and in English (which is taught in the schools).
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When I was studying in Nepal, I was once asked to entertain a group of little girls (all of whom spoke enough English to understand me) by telling them a story. I told them the story of the Six Swans, thinking that the cultural overlap would work. I nailed it. Nepali folklore is full of stories about the brother-sister bond and in which sisters save brothers from terrible fates, and also has stories where people are turned into animals, I think, so there was an instant resonance and the most outspoken of the kids I was telling the story to informed me when I was done that it was an excellent story.