Big Brother Mouse

30 November, 2012, Namphao Village, Xayaboury 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!

If you cover green bananas or mangoes with leaves from the samsa tree, they will get ripe faster. In Laos, children use bright red sompu fruit to color their lips or cheeks; in Mexico, cooks mix it with spices to make a fish marinade.

Our new nature series begain with a book about trees, shown in the last picture. Our goal is to make the subject interesting, and it looks like we succeeded. A book about minerals is nearly ready for press, insects and flowers are next.

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