Big Brother Mouse

28 September, 2012, Hthua Village, Oudomxay Province, Laos

Book party: At book parties we read from books, play games, and sing songs. At the end of each book party, every student gets to choose a book, usually the first book they've ever owned. Then we give more to the school. Our book parties have two goals. First, we get children excited about books. (Previously, most of them had seen textbooks, but never a book they were eager to read.) Second, we observe closely, to see what books are most avidly read, what's needed, and what techniques help spread a love of reading.

This event was sponsored by Manoj Paul (United States). Thank you!

Eddie is reading aloud from The Cat That Meditated, one of our very first books, and still among the most popular. It's a collection of traditional stories written by Siphone, who heard them from his grandmother.

In the last picture, some eyebrows are raised by Homes of the World. He may have gotten to the part about treehouses in New Guinea -- built by a tribe that wants to keep a bit of distance between themselves, and the headhunters who live down below.

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