Book sponsors

Literacy doesn't mean much if there's nothing to read. These people and organizations have brought new books to Laos, by sponsoring the publication of a title. Thank you!

* Josephine Ong Kui Hua and Ong So Eng (Malaysia): Fly, Fly, Fly

* Teachers from Bahau, Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia): The Bird Carries His Sister, and The Hungry Frog

* Global Fund for Children (USA): Traditional Toys

* Manoj Paul and GlobeAware (USA): Eggs, Eggs, Eggs (large format), Funny Letters (color edition), The Wet Elephant is Busy, and No Bananas

* Sabaidi France Khammouane (France): Xiang Miang Stories

* Jonathan Ingram (England): What Happens to Your Food?

* Manoj Paul and GlobeAware (USA): The Naughty Rabbit, Tigers and Rice, and Wat Xieng Thong (Lao edition)

* Lin Palmer: (England) Kamsanongkam and The Hunter Who Meditated: Kmhmu folktales

* Planet Wheeler and the Global Development Group (Australia): Food Origins and Puppet Story

* Lyle and Agnes Schaller and GlobeAware (USA): Laos 1957 and Village Life

* Lyle and Agnes Schaller and GlobeAware (USA): Spectacular! (bilingual edition), Homes Around the World (bilingual edition), Sudoku and The Joy of Reading

* Jo Kelly (Australia): Lao Proverbs (low-priced edition) and Puzzles

* Helen and Stephen Dickinson, Family and Friends (Australia): The Life of Buddha

* Brian & Gerry Warren (Australia): Learn to Count with Gikong

* Mark and Amanda Cubit and friends (Australia): Bangkok Bob (bilingual edition)

* Julie McIntyre (Australia): World War II

* The friends and family of Laura Bowie (Canada): The Red-Headed Club, and other stories (Lao-language edition)

* Lao Aloha Organization (USA): Sweet from Flowers

* Planet Wheeler and the Global Development Group (Australia): The Cat that Meditated (bi-lingual edition), and Fruit Farm #1

* Butterfield and Robinson (Canada): The Land of a Million Elephants

* Pascale's colleagues, friends and family: The Little Mermaid and Toothpick Puzzles

* Mekong Riverview Hotel (Luang Prabang, Laos): Wat Xieng Thong (English edition)

* In Memory of Kathryn A. Bisk (USA) Opposites

* Bruce Walker: (Australia) Frog, Alligator, Buffalo (large-format teachers' edition)

* Lyle and Agnes Schaller and GlobeAware (USA): Sports Fun and Good Job, Good Life

* Manoj Paul and GlobeAware (USA): Hmong Life (low-priced edition), Honey Bear and Our Lives Together

* Dunannie School (Bedales Schools), Petersfield, (Great Britain): The Slow Loris: 29 Lao Animals

* The Seal-Whitaker family and friends, (Australia): The Lion and the Jackal

* The Lowrie family and friends, (New Zealand): Siddhartha and the Swan

* Christine Campbell, (England), in memory of her husband Yisrael Solomon: What Am I? (low-priced edition)

* Tamara Jannink (Netherlands): Women's Health

* Lin Palmer: (England) Aijethai and Phiiyamoi

* Teachers of Chi Wen Secondary School, Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia): Hidden Alphabet (low-priced edition)

* Hong Kong International School, Laos Interim Group 2009 (Hong Kong): The Monkey King (low-priced edition)

* Lyle and Agnes Schaller and GlobeAware (USA): Why the Crab Makes Its Hole, The Big Chicken, and International Folktales

* Kids in the World (Netherlands): Your Body

* Teachers & Friends from Negeri Sembilan & Pahang (Malaysia): Homes Around the World

* Josephine Ong Kui Hua and Ong So Eng ( Malaysia): Bangkok Bob, the Artist (low-priced edition)

* A member of the Sepon CWA (Laos/Australia): Baby Care (low-priced edition)

* Doris and Norbert and Friends (Germany): Black Mouse, White Mouse

* Brays Kids Books (Sydney, Australia): Spectacular!

* Rusty and Anni Williams (USA): I Am Geum

* The Canadian Embassy Officer's Club, Washington, DC: The Man Who Disappeared and What Can You Do with an Extra Dinosaur?

* Walter Schaller (USA): The Little Elephant That Could and New, Improved Buffalo (low-priced edition)

* Anne-Marie Spagnolo, Don Favareau and Paddy Woodworth: The Picture Thesaurus

* Julie McIntyre (Australia): Animals That I Know; The Bag of Smiles; and Baby Care

* The Ayres Bears (New Zealand): The Grasshopper War (low-priced edition)

* Sue Osborne in memory of her husband Geoff: (England): The Monkey King and other stories

* Lyle and Agnes Schaller and GlobeAware (USA): Two Brothers, One Foot, Two Feet; Fun With Fruit; No Chickens, No Eggs; and Ant, Knife, Tied Up

* Tom Kerner (USA): Hmong Life Coloring Book

* Travel Indochina (Australia): Sandar, the Robot Boy

* Deborah Edwards and friends (Canada): The English Picture Dictionary, What's In The Market? and Eggs, Eggs, Eggs (low-priced edition)

* Clayton Karkosh , Lyle and Agnes Schaller, and GlobeAware (USA): Bangkok Bob, the Inventor

* Bob King (Australia): Australia Coloring Book,, Game Time! and Lao Animals Coloring Book

* Shane and Elizabeth Anderson (USA): The Tale of Peter Rabbit

* The Canadian Embassy Officer's Club, Washington, DC: The Man Who Disappeared and What Can You Do with an Extra Dinosaur?

* Walter Schaller (USA): New, Improved Buffalo (low-priced edition)

* Jo Kelly (Australia): Puzzles

* Nick Hubbard (Great Britain): What's In The Sky?

* Jane Burren in memory of Mrs Dorothy McCallum OAM (Australia): Lao Cookbook

* Tara Josem and guests at her Bat Mitzvah (Australia): Around the World With 23 Children

* Trevor & Anna Clark (Hong Kong): The Story of Dr. Dolittle, (bilingual edition)

* Elizabeth and Jim Hales (Australia): The Cat That Meditated (low-priced edition) and Do You Want to See?

* The Global Foundation for Children (USA): The Khmu Alphabet Book, Frog, Alligator, Buffalo (low-priced edition) and Inventions

* Wolfgang Diekhof & Mariele Rietig; Meryl Lowrie; and Claudia Schulz and her friends (Germany): Bangkok Bob (small, low-priced edition)

* George Grubb (USA) and Gabriel Smit (Switzerland): Ancient Egypt

* Sarah Clyro, Matt Hasson, and their colleagues and friends (Britain): Polar Bear Visits Laos (low-priced edition)

* John and Robin Millar (Canada): Baby Frog, Baby Monkey (small, low-priced edition)

* Rotary 6270 (Slinger, Wisconsin, USA): Prehistoric Life Coloring Book

* The Bengier Foundation (USA): Proverbs of Laos, The Jungle Boy, and One Mouse and Seven Cats

* Edward Milford, Jackie Jones and Earthscan (www.earthscan.co.uk) (England): Animals of Laos

* Anonymous (England and Laos): The Monk and the Trees

* Viengchampa Tours, (Laos): the first Lao-owned company to sponsor a book, Aesop's Fables

* Peter-Markus Richi (Laos): Dr. Dolittle and the Floating Island

* Travel Indochina (Australia): Animals of Australia

* Han Andre Iluk, Alam Asia Journeys Foundation: The Wonders of the World

* Lyn Collins (Australia), in memory of Kathryn Collins: The Wizard of Oz

* Christine Campbell, (England), in memory of her husband Yisrael: The Diary of Anne Frank

Will you join them to help promote literacy in Laos? Here's the list of titles that still need a sponsor.

Village book parties

These people have donated enough to sponsor half or all of a book party and mini-library (Book Swap) in a rural village. Thank you!

Margot Lane * Joanne Rappaport * Elisabeth Girod * Jill S Schwartz * Colin Cotterill and Books for Laos * Global Development Group * Global Fund for Children * Emile Demenge (?) * Lacy Campbell * Anonymous * Keith Rodwell * Raphael Surber * * William Belanger * Barbara and Verena Meili * Butterfield and Robinson * Daniel Gerster and friends * Felicitas Schneider * Andrea & Bruce Brown * Mark & Allie Williams * * Katherine & Edwin Kyle * David Talbot * Charles Eastly * Luc Delorme * Margrette Young * Susan Greek * Jane Clegg * Christina Julius * Henrik Pedersen * Niall Geraghty * Mark Cubit * * Mathias Staudt * Julie McIntyre * Francesca Montuoro * Rob and Erma Oorthuizen * Kappeli Roman * Rogier and Inge Brieko-Reubzaet * Gerry & Karen Deighton * Steven Cappuccio * John and Marilyn Nanna * Kathleen and John Forte * * Barbara & Wayne Hastings * Gary & Lori Beard * * Todd Sasaki and Krista Ingram * James Firmage * Mel and Leith Schmidt * Julianne Cavalieri * Erninga Viscita Manzo * Allison Ohlsen * Mary Kelly * Peter Lieser * Carla Bonetti * Peggy Horn * Melbourne Girls College * Gavin Robert * Holly Gage * Penny Wilcox * Katie Metzler * Karlijn van Hoek * James Zwier * Bettina Habermaun * Jynne Martin * Helvetas / RISE * Exotissimo Travel company * Chanti Chantavong * Kristen Fry * Neil Funk * Pascale Pouzet * United States Embassy in Laos * Barb Larser * Jennifer Anne Lederer * Lawrence Chee * Xavier and Melissa Martinez * Karen Moen * Bodo Peters * Allee & Bridwell families * Stephen Smith * Global Development Group * Lin Palmer * Diana Loepfe and Martina Kueng * Denise Martin and Louise Voets * Leah Camhi * Hirschel McGinnes * Tony Siracusa * Dunannie School (Bedales Schools), Petersfield, UK * First Grade Class at Canadian Academy, Kobe, Japan * Manoj Paul * Meryl & Bill Lowrie * Global Fund for Children * To * Sander And Wanda * Kara Kogachi and Nick Mrozowski * Anonymous * Ronald Burt * Meg Carstens & Daniel Gotvald * Jenna Maerz * In memory of Robert E. Agger * Amber Hoffman * Bethany Clark * Bob King * Helen Dickinson * Ivan Zorloni * Justin Oswald * Rose Beauchamp * Helen Schneider * Evan Blanco * Nat & Marcy Smith * Roger Burrows * Zena Carter * Doris Schafer-Rothhaupt * Richard Seltzer * Bhavine Sugarin * Carlos Terra * Danae Hudson * Michelle Sowden * Edmund Cibas * Timothy Watson * Douglas Smith * Roseville College * David Millar * Peter Capp * Hilda Banz * Bruce Anderson * Greg Ladner * Amy & Turgay Yildizli * Susan Watts Day * Charla Marshall * Tricia Sharpe * Gary Murtag * Tessa Alie and Guus * Peregrine Travel * Laurie Kraniak * Tim law and San Austen * Vasanthi & Gerald Elder * Javan Van Gronigen * Yuklin Aloli * Richard Mueller * Robert Moyer, Cathy Lee, and Jason Moyer-Lee * Lyn Collins * Karen Zotter * Ron Dolton * Elizabeth Brooks * Philipp Oswald Eichenberger * Andrea Best * Claire Bishop * Perri Black * David Anouk * Sanne and Rinske * Robin & Annette Holcomb * Luang Say Cruises * Sebastien * Roger Harmon * Rui Pereira * Deborah Edwards * Darlene Oppel * Michelle Burke * Tracy Downing * Marsha Canick * Jacqueline Rees * Shane and Elizabeth Anderson * Susan Erskine * Kristina Anderson * Mandy McFadyen * Jean-Paul Chaussade * Grade 8 LEAP, Calvin Park Public School, Kingston, Canada * Lisa Buggy * Teresa & Rudy Weissenmayer * Daryl Lowe * Larry & Avia Separovich * Steve Grant * Rohan Papillo * Debora Lewis * Jenny Skene * Matt Scanlon * * Laurie Hill * Krysten Kimmett * Vanessa Barratt * Dylan Grogan & Jamie Wagner * Emma Walters * Sheena Ashford-Tait * * Nick Hubbard * Claudia Schulz and friends * Soutkita Reagan * Winnie Tan * Mike & Jeanette Bloor * David and Viv * Shelley Crooks * Lisa Mccowan * Wolfgang Rietig and Mariele Diekhof * Daniel and Kelsey Stiefvater * Lorraine Sterry * Barbara & Req Brack * Jan Timmermans * Joanne and Jon Burchell * Ngoi-mui (Monica) Tan * Mercedes Alonso and friends * Nicolas & Kyla Glustien * Beate Sykes * R.J. Bass * Kristoffer Aagren * Bengier Foundation * Joyce and Jack Peters * Peter Westhorp * Sasha Alyson * Peter & Nyssa of Australia * Adam Kightley * Susan McCaw * Sarah Mathers * Brian Tan and Zicasso Tours * Ann Franich * Lois Cox * Peter A.U.D. Laan and Yvonne. A.C.U. Nooy * Fiona Paterson * Richard Bisk * Glenn Dolding * Christina Holger Schill * Jason Rolan and Northeast Travel Service * Nikki Jansz * Arne Bergo & Ada Rudskjaer * Nigel Baxter * Stephanie & Loil Lecuyer * Catheljine Denekamp * Richard LaCroix * Helen Walker * John & Robin Millar * Nick Rylance & Fermin Garcia-Romeu * Staheli Marbin * Jordan Libit * * Carry Krens * Peter Whittlesey * Karinke & Lucas Jonkman * Frederic Chies * Steve & Penny Beagley * Bill O'Rourke & Jen Brightling * Gro Dohl * Yvonne Thomsen * Roger & Karen Womersley * Eileen Solomon * Michael Willhoite * Joe Rasberry * Steven Gailliaert * Anonymous * Ted Nierras * Ton Krijnen * Kim Gibson * Jo Kelly * Sally Pryor * Brian Price * Constance Drabble * Jim & Libby Litchfield * Lowie and Eve Poels * Marcus * Nicole Zimmerman * Mrs. Lex Lees * David Fitzgerald * Lara Stuart's class at Vientiane Int'l School * Mrs. E. Melvin

Most village children still have no access to books. Come see what happens at a book party. Will you sponsor one for just $250-$400 U.S.?

Ongoing help

Several individuals and organizations have provided long-term and ongoing support that has been invaluable. We would especially like to thank:

Jane Burren, the Big Brother Mouse representative in Australia, for ongoing help whenever and however it is needed: writing, fundraising, solving computer problems, linking us with supporters, and a lot of generally good ideas.

Planet Wheeler, also in Australia, created by the founders of the Lonely Planet guides, which, with the Global Development Group, has provided financial support to reach far more villages.

The Laos Literacy Project, set up through the volunteer efforts of Ray Faulkner, Carlos Terra, and Leah Camhi in Boston (USA), helps us raise funds abroad.

The Language Project in Luang Prabang provides valuable resources for young people here in Laos: free computer use, a library of carefully-selected books, opportunities to photography skills, and more. We have greatly benefitted from our interaction with them.

Colin Cotterill, of England and Thailand, who was working hard to get more books into Laos long before Big Brother Mouse existed, and who generously used his large network to help us increase ours. He writes great books and does other things to help people in Laos; if you like Big Brother Mouse, you'll enjoy visiting his website.

Lyle and Agnes Schaller and GlobeAware whose support in many ways continues to make a difference.

A special thank-you to the Wikipedia Community

Like many people, I was skeptical when I heard that someone had started an on-line encyclopedia where anyone could write articles. But it works. Simply as a source of copyright-free photos and drawings, Wikipedia has been invaluable for us, as we begin to publish more non-fiction for Lao readers of all ages. But the articles are equally valuable -- and, in my experience, more accurate than what I've found in reference books from major publishers. A system of safeguards within Wiki has not only created a important new reference, but has demonstrated the power of dedicated volunteers with a vision. Just as Wikipedia has helped many others around the world to pursue widely different goals, it's helping us publish more books, and better books, here in Laos. To all of you responsible, Thank you! -Sasha Alyson, founder and adviser, Big Brother Mouse