tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51978111013304938052024-03-14T01:12:25.085-07:00The Book Bus BlogLive blogs from our Book Bus crews in India, Zambia, Malawi and EcuadorThe Book Bushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07584472768219752455noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197811101330493805.post-3958140689059341552018-02-17T04:14:00.000-08:002018-02-17T04:14:46.126-08:00Being a teenager reading volunteer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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"During the summer of 2017, I spent two weeks in Zambia volunteering for the Book Bus. The charity works in various countries around the globe, encouraging children to go to school and enabling them to expand their education. The Book Bus aims to improve child literacy rates in Malawi & Zambia by providing children with books and the inspiration to read them.<br />
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My experience with the Book Bus was one of the most inspirational but also heart breaking, seeing the children in their environment, and getting an insight into a small part of their lives. These children are so eager to learn and read, but due to a lack of funding and resources, they cannot carry out daily activities in school that we take for granted.<br />
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Visiting two community schools and one government school, the difference in the learning standard and the facilities these children are able to use is astounding. The children are always so happy, full of smiles, enthusiastic to read and absolutely love the activities the Book Bus provides for them. <br />
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Volunteers join the Book Bus and work with the local Zambia team in the mornings visiting schools and holiday clubs. In the afternoon, we also visited local libraries to have 1 to 1 reading with the students to give some extra learning and reading time.<br />
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Since coming back to the UK I have stayed in contact with one of the schools, which has given me the opportunity to see what the students are getting up to. I have also been able to fundraise for this amazing charity through using Just Giving, where all the money is donated towards resources and facilities for different activities, such as reading books, arts and craft materials, musical instruments, atlases etc.<br />
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Even though this experience was completely different to anything I have experienced before, and it really challenged my comfort zone, it allowed me to come home and really appreciate all the small things in life and all the opportunities that we are lucky to receive. It really does put life into a completely different perspective seeing such positivity in the children of Zambia.<br />
The people in Zambia have really touched my heart, and are some of the happiest and friendliest people I have had the pleasure to meet and spend time with. The two weeks I was there was filled with many different emotions, through getting to know certain students better than others and working with the most amazing and professional team.
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I would not change my experience for the world, and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute." </div>
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Spend 2 weeks this summer helping children to read. <a href="http://www.thebookbus.org/help_as_a_volunteer_in_livingstone_zambia.htm" target="_blank">Find out more </a></h4>
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The Book Bushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07584472768219752455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197811101330493805.post-51796650853279161632018-02-16T04:37:00.003-08:002018-02-16T06:05:47.578-08:00Family volunteering in Zambia <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Toby and Sabine are a son and mum team who volunteered with the Book Bus in Livingstone during 2017. </h2>
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Aged nine, Toby is one of our youngest volunteers. Mum, Sabine had heard about the Book Bus several years ago, but decided to wait until Toby was a little older and felt ready to participate fully. And that is just what he did. He helped deliver reading sessions in schools, as well as getting involved in the planning of reading sessions along with other volunteers. As a child, Toby could identify with many children on our projects as well as being a reading role model. Toby’s enthusiasm for reading was something he was able to share with the children he met, and he feels one of his achievements was to help make reading more fun for the children. We absolutely agree!<br />
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Sabine has a professional background in literacy and art, and has delivered music and drama workshops in schools, experience which she put to good use in planning and delivering sessions for the Book Bus. As Sabine pointed out, “Flexibility is essential, especially when helping to run the reading holiday clubs in Zambia as numbers of children who might turn up is hard to predict. There were occasions when groups of children grew dramatically in size as the session went on, so I really had to think on my feet!. </div>
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“I was impressed at how the Book Bus is aiming to make a sustainable difference, so that volunteers’ experience and expertise is shared and used to empower the local team. I was happy to share many ideas about staff development with the Zambian team,” said Sabine. </div>
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We asked Sabine and Toby what they felt they had got out of the experience, and something they both mentioned was learning about how people live in other parts of the world. </div>
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“It is one thing to read or watch TV about people living in difference countries,” they said “but to physically be there and meet the children, and be part of the Book Bus’s work to help children read is far more powerful. The children were really eager to learn and make the most of their opportunities” they agreed. </div>
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Toby felt strongly that he wanted to help children elsewhere in the world to succeed in life. He particularly enjoyed the one-to-one reading sessions that the Book Bus volunteers ran in the afternoons in local libraries. </div>
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Volunteering as a family was something both Sabine and Toby wanted to try, though they felt a little apprehensive as to how they would cope. As soon as they arrived at the Book Bus project in Livingstone, they realised it was a great idea, and Sabine watched Toby getting stuck in, coping well with a new environment, and gaining in confidence as he led some of the warm up songs and games that always started the Book Bus reading sessions. They really enjoyed working together, and reckon they are perfect travel buddies. </div>
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“Spending quality time together in such a different environment, and working together, a little out of everyone’s comfort zone, can lead to families learning a lot about each other,” concluded Sabine. </div>
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Can you share your skills & help engage more children in books? <a href="http://www.thebookbus.org/help_as_a_volunteer_in_livingstone_zambia.htm" target="_blank">Find out more </a></h4>
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Librarian, Adrian Thompson volunteered in Zambia in 2017, his 4<sup>th</sup> time with the Book Bus. Book Bus volunteer, Carol Williams caught up with Adrian recently for a chat and to ask him, what keeps him coming back for more? </h2>
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“The Book Bus team make the whole experience of volunteering work brilliantly, with their organisational skills and knowledge of the local area, and of the Zambian education system. There is a real exchange going on, between Project Co-ordinator, Bwalya and the Book Bus Zambian team supporting volunteers, and at the same time sharing ideas from volunteers who join the project. I worked alot with local BB team member Edward & we shared many ideas to help engage local children in reading,“ he added. </div>
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Adrian spoke positively about the way volunteers worked as partners with local teachers, classroom assistants and the Book Bus team gaining skills and ideas that can be used to develop engaging reading sessions for children in the future. </div>
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“This can be particularly valuable,” continued Adrian, “as there are many differences between schools in Zambia and the UK– classes of 60, no computers (sometimes even no electricity) and lack of resources means that teaching can be challenging, but everyone values the new ideas that volunteers bring. This is what makes the Book Bus’s impact a long lasting one, lasting well beyond the time each volunteer spends in Zambia.” </div>
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Adrian emphasises the difference between visiting somewhere like Livingstone in Zambia (where the current Book Bus project is based) as a tourist, where you may only meet local people as hotel staff and tour guides, and the Book Bus experience, which allows you, for a short time, to become part of the local community. On a previous Book Bus visit, in South Luangwa, Adrian and the volunteer team visited the local Rotary Club, and met some interesting people who gave a whole new insight into the area. </div>
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“Some people obviously volunteer with friends or family,” suggested Adrian, ‘but if, like many others, you are travelling alone, you have a ready-made group of colleagues to work with, and also to spend free time with.”</div>
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Experience of working with children is in no way essential for Book Bus volunteering, but Adrian’s day job as school librarian in a UK primary school definitely gave him valuable skills and confidence. </div>
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You only had to see him story-telling with puppets, or leading a group of 5 and 6 year olds around the playground on a bear hunt, to appreciate that. But it is the variety of skills that volunteers bring that makes the whole team work well together, and skills, enthusiasm and experience are shared to good effect. An interest in children and a love of books are what all volunteers have in common.</div>
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On his Book Bus trips, Adrian has always made the most of opportunities to explore the area. Like many volunteers he stayed on after his time with the Book Bus to explore Zambia and other parts of Southern Africa. Weekends can be spent on a safari in Botswana, and after a morning working at school, you can go on an afternoon safari drive, or take in the Devil’s Pool at Victoria Falls. It's a fascinating part of the world with so much to do and explore. </div>
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Our volunteer reading project runs from 13th August to 7th September 2018. Places are limited for 2018<a href="http://www.thebookbus.org/help_as_a_volunteer_in_livingstone_zambia.htm" target="_blank">. Find out more </a></div>
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I had heard about the Book Bus several years ago, but having recently retired, now was the time to get up and go. The charity’s aim is ‘to improve child literacy rates by providing children with books and the inspiration to read them’, and volunteers, working alongside Book Bus staff, are the key to making this happen. I felt that my skills from years as a school librarian would be a good fit.</div>
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So, I packed my bags and flew to Livingstone in Zambia, near Victoria Falls in August 2017. We were staying at the Waterfront Campsite, where the Book Bus had its own area with safari style tents. The Project Coordinator was Bwalya Chimba who was supported by her wonderful Book Bus team. Bwalya was an inspiration, calm and efficient, always there, coping with anything that needed sorting without fuss, but with a wicked sense of humour. </div>
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On a typical day we would be up early for breakfast at 7am, and travel in Book Bus Charlie to start work in school at 9am, running two sessions with groups of children. The school might be in a suburb of Livingstone, or more rural, in which case we might pass zebra, elephants and impala en route. There are 72 languages spoken in Zambia, but English is the key to getting on, so we used mostly picture books in English, with one of the Book Bus Zambian team on hand to help with translate when necessary.</div>
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In Zambian schools, children from around eight years of age upwards are taught all their subjects in English so getting to grips with the language really helps the children achieve the maximum from their education. Known as reading volunteers, we would read to a group of enthusiastic children looking at the text, followed by a craft activity. The children love taking home something they have made, whether it was a patchwork Elmer, a lion mask, or a dancing giraffe. I had to get quite creative quite quickly - not my natural talent maybe, but as volunteers we all learnt from each other, and I often surprised myself! </div>
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The afternoons were a mix of preparation for the next day and visiting local libraries to offer one-to-one reading sessions. At Zwelopili, a small school in a deprived area of Livingstone, this involved queues of 100 or more excited children waiting their turn to read. This school, built by the Book Bus in 2015, has no water or electricity, and just one classroom. Part of the school is a much-loved library known as the Reading Room. It is looked after by two dedicated Book Bus staff, Claudia and James, who keep it looking smart and welcoming, organise reading sessions, and lend books to children. </div>
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My lasting impressions from the trip are all to do with the people. Inspirational adults have set up and run schools in deprived areas, getting money to improve them from wherever they can. Enthusiastic children keen to learn is a bit of a cliché, but it was true. At schools it sometimes appeared chaotic, but there were no 'discipline' issues, and children would put their all into the work they did. It really is true that we in Europe sometimes need to appreciate what we take for granted: education, libraries, easy access to IT. The Book Bus is obviously well respected, making a real impact in Zambia. </div>
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Book Bus Coordinator, Bwalya summed up the positivity in her comment on reading: </div>
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“Imagine a world without books; when you read, your adventure is on, so if you can’t read, you’re missing out on so much. Open a book and go on that adventure!”</blockquote>
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<br />Join us in 2018 in Zambia. Share your skills and help more children have fun with books and learn to read.<br />Our Livingstone reading project is open 13th August to 7th September 2018. </h3>
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<br />“It’s a real privilege to be associated with the Book Bus promoting literacy in Africa and South America,” declared world-renowned children’s illustrator and Book Bus Patron, Sir Quentin Blake in a recent interview with us at the Book Bus. </h2>
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“I think that the Book Bus does amazing work, introducing books to children in remote areas of the world where there are few or no books at all. Can you imagine that? Growing up in a world without books?” asked Quentin.</div>
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Our Book Bus mobile libraries are a central part of our literacy programme, sharing books and other literacy resources with children, schools and communities in remote areas of Ecuador, Malawi and Zambia. Quentin’s illustrations adorn each of our Book Buses ensuring they make a huge visual impact with children as they roll into schools, open areas in the African bush and along mountain roads in South America. </div>
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“One day the founder of the Book Bus and my then editor, Tom Maschler, asked if I could illustrate the very first Book Bus,” continued Quentin. “I had been creating illustrations for books for years but nothing as large as a bus. I was delighted to contribute to such a magnificent project.” </div>
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“It was such a brilliant idea to decorate the Book Buses,” exclaimed Quentin. “I realised that many children probably didn’t have access to books so I wanted to create illustrations that would ignite their imagination, be fun and colourful and convey the pleasure of reading.”</div>
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And he certainly achieved that. Quentin created an array of spectacular colourful illustrations to decorate our 5 Book Buses, George, Matilda, Alfie, Tiger and Charlie named after Roald Dahl characters. Each piece conveys movement, gestures, atmosphere and a great sense of fun. It’s almost as if each character has their own story to tell. </div>
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As we rolled out our additional literacy programme in Ecuador, Quentin created new illustrations including a giant tortoise and an Alpaca. </div>
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Quentin continued: “No one starts their lives being able to read, but very quickly as children we make sense of the world around us by looking at shapes and colours.” <br />
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“If you can get children engaged first in illustrations, their curiosity will lead them to then enquire about the words. Reading comes very soon after this.”</div>
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“What struck me about the with the Book Bus and its supporters,” added Quentin “is that they are providing books to children to help them develop essential literacy skills. They are sowing an extraordinary crop that is going to have a harvest that will go on and on for these children for the rest of their lives. It's providing much more than just literacy - it’s opening a door to the future in an incredible way.”<br />
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“Once you spark curiosity – well that’s like a machine that creates its own energy and if you can get books to these children, sit with them, talk to them, read with them and develop that enthusiasm for reading, then you really don’t know what wonders that will lead to in the future,” Quentin added. <br />
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“I’m so proud of the work the Book Bus does and I’m deeply touched to be involved with this wonderful project. It’s been around for more than 10 years now and I have no doubt it will be around for many more years. The effects of the Book Bus does, and will last much longer and go much, much further that even we can imagine” Quentin concluded.<br />
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In 2016 Sir Quentin launched our latest and boldest literacy project <a href="http://www.thebookbus.org/iamareader" target="_blank">I am a Reader</a>. We want to get 10,000 children in Malawi and Zambia reading by 2020. If you believe that all children should have an opportunity to learn how to read, <a href="http://www.thebookbus.org/iamareader" target="_blank">join our campaign. </a></div>
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The Book Bushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07584472768219752455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197811101330493805.post-79558612174463765012017-02-26T10:32:00.000-08:002017-02-26T10:32:44.324-08:00With a little help from our friends... <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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There are many wheels that keep the Book Bus community chugging along with delivering inspiring books for the 1000s of children on our literacy projects in Zambia and Malawi. Not least of these are our friends at the National Police Aid Convoys (NPAC), the generous organisation that help us transport shipments of books over to Zambia every year.</div>
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The volunteer organisation NPAC was started by a group of serving police officers back in 1993, who decided to use their community influence and negotiating skills to deliver humanitarian aid to places that other NGOs couldn’t reach. These days, the hard-working group continue to provide emergency and development aid all over the world—including helping to transport around 20- 30 containers of books to our Book Bus communities in Zambia each year. The organisation was recently awarded the Points of Light Award by PM Theresa May for their outstanding volunteer work.<br />
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We are honoured and delighted to be partners with the NPAC, and David Scott, the Head of the organisation, reiterates the importance of our partnership.</div>
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“People trust the police,” he says jokingly, though the sentiment rings true. “The influence of the NPAC means we can form good relationships in the community and get aid to where it is needed.” </div>
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For the past 2 years the Book Bus has been working with NPAC transporting much needed books to our literacy projects in Livingstone, Kitwe and Mfuwe in Zambia. Our latest shipment left the UK in February and is due to arrive in Zambia in the Spring. </div>
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The 9-tonne shipment will deliver 1000s of much needed books to schools, libraries and direct into the hands of our book-loving children. Many people are involved in this epic task. Being able to read will ensure children get more out of their education, and helps them reach their full potential. It's difficult to learn how to read without access to books and that's where these much needed books are of great value. </div>
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With the help of the NPAC, the Book Bus looks forward to continuing to bring the joy of reading to communities in Zambia, powered by the hearts and hands of the many volunteers who contribute to the work of the NPAC. The Book Bus is very grateful to David and his team at NPAC for the work they're doing in helping change children's lives one book at a time...</div>
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We can never anticipate the ripple effects one of our reading programmes might have on a local community. What started as a Book Bus reading programme for 80 children – inspired 60 women to empower themselves to learn how to do something we all take for granted – how to sign their own names.</div>
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“The women had never learnt to read and write. In some communities this is not seen as important for women,” says local Nasenga teacher Stella Msosa.<br />
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Adult illiteracy in Mangochi, Malawi, the area where our Book Bus literacy project is based, is around 40%. It’s disproportionally women that are illiterate and this impacts on their lives in a negative way every day. </div>
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For example said Stella, “To access basic health care, forms need to be read and a signature is required. Many women never went to school, married at 14 and spent most of their lives having, and bringing up children. This meant many local women were unable to read forms or sign their own name and had to pay another member of the community to do this for them – money they could not afford to give”, explained Stella.</div>
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The Book Bus has been working with children in Stella’s primary school, known as Nasenga in Mangochi for almost two years, supporting teachers with our <a href="http://www.thebookbus.org/iamareader.htm">‘I am a Reader’</a> literacy programme. Sharing books with inspiring stories is key to getting children engaged in books. </div>
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The children went home to the village each week, excited by stories they had heard at their Book Bus sessions. This ignited the women’s curiosity and many visited the school to hear their children read for the first time. </div>
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Women like 38 year old Josephine Simba. “I married very early and now have 10 children. My daughter was learning to read through the Book Bus programme at her school. I watched her as she picked up a book and began to read. I was so proud. I then decided that I must learn how to read myself. That’s when some of the women approached Stella at the school to see if she could help,” she explained. </div>
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Over the next 12 months Stella ran literacy classes once a week for the women. The Book Bus supported the programme with books, pens, paper and chalk. One year later, the women can now write their names and many have also started reading. </div>
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“It’s wonderful to see and be part of,” says Stella. “It’s never too late to learn how to read and I’m now hoping more women join us so they too can learn how to read and become more independent”.<br />
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“We always measure the impact of our reading programmes with children, says Book Bus project worker, Marian Forkin “However it’s a real joy to hear how the ripple effects of some programmes impact on lives way beyond the classroom to empower women in some of the world’s poorest communities, We're all very proud to have been part of this programme,“ she concludes.<br />
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The Book Bushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07584472768219752455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197811101330493805.post-12382098431422760572016-10-19T12:53:00.002-07:002016-10-20T23:26:05.757-07:00Beep, beep! Here come Book Bus Matilda...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Over the next few years Matilda will be our mobile library bringing much needed books to children on our reading programmes. </div>
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Our Book Bus literacy project moved to Mangochi in central Malawi in 2015. Located by the great Lake Malawi, it is an area with the highest illiteracy rate in the country with over 35% of the population unable to read. We aim to help to tackle this with literacy support programmes.<br />
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Our local project team has been delivering a reading and literacy programme to 100s of children every day… but without the use of an actual Book Bus. The local team used bikes, backpacks and their own leg power to walk to schools to bring the joy of reading to their local community.<br />
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“Of course we were always welcomed by teachers and pupils alike,“ said Book Bus Project Manager Mike Masumba. “The children looked forward to our visit to read books and take part in all the activities we offer to help a child learn how to read. However sometimes the children asked why we were called the Book Bus. ‘Where’s the Bus?’ they’d ask inquisitively. We always said, “One day we will have a Book Bus in Mangochi – it will happen!” Mike said. </div>
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“We were keen to support a charity that promotes reading and the book, “ said Jean Arcache from Motovun. “We all loved the work of the Book Bus as it is run by local teams, works in partnership with teachers and puts the book at the centre of learning for literacy", he concluded. </div>
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From the moment Matilda arrived, she’s had a big impact in the local area. Wherever the Book Bus goes, children follow, attracted by the wonderful Quentin Blake illustrations that adorn all of our Book Buses. </div>
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“We hope that Matilda will get more and more children curious about books and reading,“ says Mike. “This way we will be well on our way to create a permanent reading culture in our community and help children become more independent and in control of their own lives as they grow up to become adults”. </div>
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You can help keep our Book Buses on the road by adopting Matilda from as little as £5 a month. </div>
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The Book Bushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07584472768219752455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197811101330493805.post-2011950328533726762016-10-19T11:59:00.003-07:002016-10-19T12:02:17.883-07:00From the page to the waves - a broadcast from Puerto Lopez<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Our pioneering Book Bus team in
Puerto Lopez, Ecuador, are always coming up with new ways to engage locals with
the world of books and learning. Their latest venture is a radio programme that
encourages good educational habits, with a focus on children's reading.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTgL-S6T44WEzAbP_hpjYRb0FXHv4fHpHvRwUZ6eAWkzk-oNJiSf47G_Nj2YXsdOHS16vsfQ92OIGiervakqIn51R_xAf0keJcB3PX5HYl9ZO3H91cPJ_6Uv2-I88Eov7nE7XYiI1fgCVA/s1600/13754628_10209327736326673_5803965679714788951_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTgL-S6T44WEzAbP_hpjYRb0FXHv4fHpHvRwUZ6eAWkzk-oNJiSf47G_Nj2YXsdOHS16vsfQ92OIGiervakqIn51R_xAf0keJcB3PX5HYl9ZO3H91cPJ_6Uv2-I88Eov7nE7XYiI1fgCVA/s320/13754628_10209327736326673_5803965679714788951_n.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The weekly programme is primarily aimed at parents, Arturo Rodriguez, Book Bus Project
Coordinator in the region, explains. "We want to encourage them to read to
their kids regularly. But also, the parents really enjoy it themselves."
The programme features fun stories, as well as discussion and
advice. It's already received glowing reviews and the team look
forward to connecting more with locals through the airwaves.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">But the creativity doesn't end
there. Music has always played a big part in Book Bus activities, and the kids love it! So our talented Arturo, with the help of singer Sylvia Reilly, volunteers and locals,
has created a song for the Book Bus, aptly called <em><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Love we Love</span></em>. The
video was filmed in Puerto Lopez and features a lot of friendly faces!
Check it out <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZRQO69KAz8"><span style="color: blue;">here</span>.</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
The Book Bushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07584472768219752455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197811101330493805.post-44839919179381413692016-09-13T04:26:00.000-07:002016-10-19T11:56:36.141-07:00A delivery service with a difference: Abel and Cole jump on board to help collect your books straight from home<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Book Bus has been a part of many wonderful partnerships
over the years, and we’re happy to be working with the kind folks at Abel and
Cole with their Big Book Collection specially run for the Book Bus.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.abelandcole.co.uk/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="http://www.abelandcole.co.uk/" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf4k0UuSkfQnA9ZsEB4jKPakhpXdqkYM8YDY4xmxLV9bqWfAiTeRx1EUKwhBiZoumAH43AanmYeU33-mMKU7jRTCWZAGpwBONEfqrRDJy6bcY9oCyTUpgVEYsY9U_dPPMt9P-KQQFHl9hw/s1600/Big+Book+Collection.PNG" /></a><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.abelandcole.co.uk/" target="_blank">Abel and Cole</a> are an ethical food delivery service, bringing
“boxes of organic brilliance to your door”. They’ve brought much health and
happiness into homes across the UK, and now they’re working with us to help
bring the same to our kids in Africa and South America.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In August and September, many of you filled your Abel and Cole box with children’s books for 3 – 6 year olds. The books collected will be
donated to our Book Bus programs in Malawi, Zambia, Ecuador and right here in
the UK.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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There’s never been an easier opportunity to help out. Get in touch with any
questions at <a href="mailto:organics@abelandcole.co.uk"><span style="color: blue;">organics@abelandcole.co.uk</span></a>.
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The Book Bushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07584472768219752455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197811101330493805.post-85495910571579474752016-09-09T00:48:00.001-07:002016-09-16T02:35:12.419-07:00Mfuwe Project, Zambia. Week 2 - Going on a Lion Hunt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This has been a slightly different Book Bus experience, in that usually the Mfuwe bus travels to multiple schools, and works with different age groups for a relatively short time. This time, we’ve been based at Uyoba Primary School, taking advantage of their fantastic library facility, and working with a core of the same children over the two weeks, as well as some who have come for a few days, but couldn’t come every day. The dedication of some of these children is amazing. There are a small group of girls who’ve been coming
late every day. We found out that they’re coming later because they’re
walking three miles from home to Uyoba, then the same distance home again at the end. This, remember, during their school holiday, to come to a holiday project.</div>
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We started the week with a Bear Hunt, using Michael Rosen’s text. Although there aren’t any bears in Zambia, the library has plenty of bear-based books, and the children took to the rhyming repeating text with gusto, finishing with a bear hunt around the playground, with the bear being found in George’s driver seat. We followed this up with a lion hunt. We changed the text slightly so that the children could be lions hunting, rather than be hunting a lion, and this gave us the excuse to make lion masks, using glitter glue, googly eyes, and other staples of the Book Bus arts program. Once everything had dried, we<br />
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person(!), running away, and ending up under the covers. This was so successful that the preschool group wanted to do it too, so we repeated it (with less glitter!) with them the next day. A good time was had by all.<br />
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Over the last week, we've developed - almost accidentally - a theme of looking at books which are about being an individual. Giraffes Can’t Dance led to some brilliant pictures of giraffes proving they CAN dance, as long as they have the right music, The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright, with its great Jim Field illustrations, showed the children that “we all have a mouse and a lion inside”, and Elmer, of course, is an elephant who’s different, and comes to accept his differences. Our grand finale is planned to be two giant Elmers (filled from drawing of animals inspired by the Elmer parade, and the colourful animals in ‘Greedy Zebra’), and a drawing of George the bus, filled with pictures of the children (drawn by them), and possibly us too!<br />
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length of time the project has been running, and the impact it has had, everyone recognises George (not to mention the yellow shirts!), and you immediately become part of the community, rather than just another tourist. Children wave as the bus goes past, shouts of “Book Bus!” accompany any journey by George on the road, and the children suddenly appear at school once George is parked. Not to mention, of course, that you’re surrounded by everything which people think of as Africa - daily elephant visits, monkeys, a national park on the doorstep, and a great base at Croc Valley (note: there aren’t any crocodiles in the actual campsite!)<br />
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The Book Bushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07584472768219752455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197811101330493805.post-59118911068006141072016-08-10T03:46:00.001-07:002016-08-10T03:46:32.599-07:00The Book Bus Holiday Reading Programme in South Luangwa, Zambia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Book Bushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07584472768219752455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197811101330493805.post-40458274769638262302016-06-12T00:12:00.001-07:002016-06-13T09:44:13.357-07:00A Perfect Partnership: working with the youth of Zambia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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in March, Kitwe’s Book Bus George met a special group of people at the Youth
Day Exhibition at Copperbelt University. Like the Book Bus, the Piggy Bank
Campaign—run by students at the university—was working towards aiding literacy
and education in local school and communities. So wouldn’t it make sense for
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“They had people, we had
resources,” Monica Mulenga, Book Bus Country Director in Zambia explains. And
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Fuelled by the mantra, ‘Your
change can change lives’, the youth-run Piggy Bank Campaign raises funds to
send Copperbelt University students to small underprivileged schools in the
area. With them, the students bring their own laptops and a wealth of knowledge—IT
skills, maths, engineering, economics, biology—to aid teachers in the
classroom. Similarly, the Book Bus program in Kitwe relies on local volunteer
power to visit schools Monday to Friday, reading and running arts and craft activities
for the kids.</span></div>
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books, our bus George, and plenty of materials, but needs more people,” Monica
elaborates. “Piggy Bank has plenty of students willing to volunteer, but lacks
resources. So we work together to bring extra help and resources to the schools
and communities.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In the first four weeks
of working together, the partnership blossomed, engaging school kids in fun and
educational activities every Friday. “We played games, danced to various songs
and most important of all, read for and with the children. Parents and teachers
took part in these activities too!” says Bwalya Caroline Chimba, Book Bus Kitwe
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other benefits too. While the Piggy Bank initiative currently only has the
capacity to visit schools on Friday, the Book Bus provides an extra opportunity
for willing students to come help at schools on any weekday.</span></div>
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support to teachers in classrooms, the Piggy Bank team also use their volunteer
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biggest weapon one can use to fight poverty. It is the silver bullet that both
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The Book Bushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07584472768219752455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197811101330493805.post-44206747000431673682016-06-12T00:06:00.001-07:002016-06-12T03:19:06.379-07:00Book Bus Alfie: A shining star in Ecuador earthquake aftermath<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; line-height: 115%;">"Book Bus Alfie has been the star for
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Back in
April, a huge earthquake rocked coastal Ecuador, impacting many small
communities including Puerto Lopez where our Book Bus programme is based.
According to UNICEF, over 150,000 children have been affected.</span><br />
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earthquake’s devastating damage, the Book Bus and its volunteers have been
working tirelessly to bring emotional and physical support to affected children
and their families.</span><br />
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there were many people living unsafely in their destroyed houses,” says Arturo
Rodriguez, Book Bus Project Manager in Puerto Lopez. “Now they are becoming homeless
due to local municipalities needing them to move. The number of people living
in refugee camps is increasing daily, but some families don’t want to move to
the camps, so they stay outside, in the street…”</span></div>
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been the star for us,” Arturo goes on. “Everywhere we went, Alfie brought books
for the kids, as well as help, people, balloons and everything that’s needed to
try to get things back to normal. The objective is to give kids and their
families emotional support.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; line-height: 115%;">The Book Bus is also
working closely with partner organisations, such as Fundacion Ecuador Tierra
Viva, who are running a project in Las Lagunas—a small nearby community—bringing
donations and small temporary houses to families whose homes were destroyed.
The Puerto Lopez Book Bus team have also helped to distribute hundreds of
copies of “<a href="http://www.nctsn.org/products/trinka-and-sam-day-earth-shook" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Trinka yJuan: el día que se movió la tierra (Trinka y Juan: the day that the earthmoved</span></a>”) – a book and social initiative started after the earthquakes in
Chile and Nepal, intended to help families and children deal with the emotional
stress following an earthquake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; line-height: 115%;">But there’s still more
to be done. “We have a project to rebuild small schools around the province,”
Arturo explains. “We also need to continue our project in the most affected
zone. This work requires funds for gas, mechanical equipment for Alfie,
materials for the kids and other expenses.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; line-height: 115%;">Arturo and the other
generous Book Bus and partner volunteers have seen first-hand the difference
the project and donations can make in the wake of a disaster.<br />
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“Not much would have been possible without Alfie and the Book Bus programme,”
Arturo continues. “Once the situation is controlled from the damage, it’s time
to work towards getting back to normal.”</span></div>
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The Book Bushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07584472768219752455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197811101330493805.post-69013678718945336472016-06-11T23:59:00.000-07:002016-06-12T03:28:42.421-07:00Voices of Africa - Roseby Gadama, Librarian in Malawi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Voices of Africa is a new monthly Book Bus
feature, sharing stories from inspiring voices in the various Book Bus
communities. Each piece will be brought to you in the storyteller’s own words.
We hope you will enjoy the series.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">“My name is Roseby
Gadama and I am a Librarian at Malawi National Library Service in Blantyre . My
first job was in teaching. I was a primary school teacher for some years but I
thought of exploring other avenues. I applied at the Malawi National Library
Service as the job itself was not very different from what I was doing in
teaching. As a teacher I was imparting knowledge and information to the pupils
and as a Librarian my main duty is to share books and information.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">"I’m Head of the
Extra-Mural Service Department in the Southern part of Malawi which is
comprised of 13 districts. The department mainly deals with outreach programmes
like establishing and organising new libraries, distributing books from different
donors to the National Library centres and other beneficiaries in the region,
monitoring and assessing libraries and also equipping other people with library
basic training.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">"I joined the
National Library with a little knowledge of Librarianship but wanted to develop
this knowledge to become who I am today. My main challenge was the time I went
to study for my Degree in Library and Information Studies. It was very
challenging because I had to leave my family, husband and two children behind
to study in Botswana. We also had to find all the fees for this degree. It
wasn’t easy for my husband who had to support me, the family and lots of other
financial commitments too. It was worth it though as now I’m qualified and in a
stable job.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">"The library I work
in serves a community of more than 100,000 people. It is the largest public
library in Blantyre. The library has 200 seats and everyday every seat is occupied with people studying. Other readers sit on the floor and the ground
outside the library as so many people want to use our service. Efforts are
being made either to extend the recent library or to erect some chalets outside
the library so that readers who could not find space inside could have some
shelter but it is proving difficult due to lack of funding.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">"I come from the
village in the Eastern Region where many children don’t go to school due to the
long walking from the village to school. In fact there’s no school in my village
(no kindergarten or primary school or whatsoever) - to have a library or a
resource centre would be a luxury.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">"Being a teacher
and now a librarian, it is my dream to have the children from my local area to
have a school nearby and a library. A library would help them in many ways,
because that’s where they’d learn more about health, farming, food and
nutrition, human rights, academic information, current affairs or just leisure.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roseby joins fellow librarian Nancy for a Book Bus storytelling session</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">"I appreciate the
work being done by The Book Bus in Malawi by promoting education and reading to
the needy children in the remote areas. Indeed it might look like things aren’t
changing today when the Book Bus visits the schools and do some storytelling
and some games. But in the long term children’s’ lives are changing little by
little and at the end of the day they will never be the same.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">"My message to the
Book Bus? Keep it up THE BOOK BUS!!" </span><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";"><strong>Rose Gadama works
for the National Library Service at Blantyre library.</strong></span></div>
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The Book Bushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07584472768219752455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197811101330493805.post-60745775664961504202016-06-11T23:29:00.000-07:002016-06-12T03:28:10.008-07:00Tom Maschler: The man behind the Book Bus <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><b>As part of our 10th anniversary celebrations, we are sharing the stories of some of the people who have joined us on our journey. Our first feature tells the story of Book Bus Founder, Tom Maschler. </b></i><br />
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Tom Maschler’s career in publishing spanned over 50 years. As editorial director at Jonathan Cape publishers he discovered and published some of the best known authors in the world including Ian McEwan, Joseph Heller, Doris Lessing, Salman Rushdie and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. He persuaded the Booker brothers to create the Booker Prize (now the Man Booker Prize) to celebrate the very best in literature. He’s a man that clearly spots an opportunity and gets things done. </div>
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"I had spent my life surrounded by authors, illustrators and books and as retirement approached I began to think about what was next," explained Tom as he settled down for a chat about how he founded the global literacy charity, The Book Bus. </div>
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"I still had lots of energy and drive. Throughout my career I had always wanted to do some kind of charitable work but never seemed to have the time. Then as my retirement approached my wife, Regina sparked an idea in my head and that propelled me into action."</div>
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She told me: "You’ve spent your whole life surrounded by books. You’ve always wanted to do something of value in Africa. Now is the time. Why not share your love of books with people that don’t have any?" </div>
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This stirred something inside Tom and inspired him to carry out his wish. </div>
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"I began to think about all the children who’d never had the opportunity to hold a book, to look at beautiful illustrations and never had the chance to learn how to read. I began to think about all the lost opportunities that would mean for these children. I knew this was the time for me to do something that would help." </div>
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Tom’s idea was simple enough: buy a bus, fill it with children’s books and bring it to a place where children don’t have any books at all. </div>
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That was back in 2006 and ten years later Tom's idea is now a successful literacy development programme operating across four continents and six countries.<br />
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The Book Bus now has five mobile Book Bus libraries working in impoverished communities in Ecuador, Malawi and Zambia, bringing books and the joy of reading to over 150,000 children. It builds static libraries and reading corners in schools and employs local teams as reading champions who help spread a reading culture in their local area. </div>
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"I flew to Zambia with a colleague to do a bit of research about how a Book Bus might be received. I knew there was a need for books, but would a Bus be the right way to introduce books to local communities?" </div>
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Tom’s concerns soon disappeared as support for his Book Bus idea grew and grew. </div>
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"I was simply overwhelmed by the support I received from local communities, education representatives, church leaders and the government. I was confident that this project would work, so I returned to England to start making my dream a reality." </div>
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Tom’s dream was to initially buy a double-decker bus. "Can you imagine that travelling through the streets of Lusaka? But I was (quite rightly) dissuaded against this and instead bought a single-decker Tiger Leyland bus. The idea was fill this with books and then ship it over to Zambia." </div>
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Tom put out a call out to his hundreds of publishing colleagues for resources and the books came flooding in by the thousands. The bus seats were taken out and replaced with shelving to house the books.<br />
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“I absolutely had a sense that something wasn’t quite right as I looked at the bus – it was just an ordinary bus. I really wanted it to make an impact and then I had an idea to decorate it with beautiful illustrations that would be eye-catching and draw children to the bus." </div>
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And who better to ask than the best children’s illustrator in the world Sir Quentin Blake? Tom’s instinctive talent for spotting literacy success brought Quentin Blake and children’s author Roald Dahl together in the 1970s to form one of the most successful partnerships that publishing has seen. </div>
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“Quentin was so pleased to be asked to decorate the Book Bus. He’s never provided artwork for a bus and was absolutely thrilled to take on the challenge. The illustrations Quentin created were simply beautiful and so perfect. They are bright, beautiful and each character has a secret story to tell that will enthuse and inspire curious children to step inside the Book Bus.” </div>
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Tom’s life-long talent to make things happen didn’t stop there. "I wanted to make an impact and get as much publicity as possible for the Book Bus before it left the UK." After many meetings and hours of negotiation Tom managed to persuade Westminster Council to allow the Book Bus to be driven onto Trafalgar Square for all to see before it set off for Zambia. </div>
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"It was a great night bringing everyone together who had been so passionate about getting this project off the ground. Of course, being England, it poured with rain that night, but that didn’t stop our supporters from hopping on board our Book Bus to admire the thousands of books packed and ready for their journey to Zambia."<br />
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In 2007 Tiger, the very first Book Bus was driven to Zambia to begin working as a mobile library. </div>
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‘This was the time that I began to step back, the Book Bus became a charity and was run by a team of experts ensuring we brought the right books to the right communities, continued Tom. </div>
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"We’ve had so many reading volunteers from around the world who have joined the Book Bus in Ecuador, Malawi and Zambia, reading with children and having lots of fun. I visited the project in Livingstone myself and saw first-hand the joy, excitement and enthusiasm for the Book Bus as it rolls into a school. The children were running along side welcoming us. It was amazing to experience this." </div>
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"I’m immensely proud of what the Book Bus has done. We’ve relied on the generosity of people who have donated their time, books and funds to get this project off the ground and to keep it going. These people understand the importance of literacy and reading and how being able to read really can change people’s lives." </div>
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Book Bus Volunteer Gail Richards is walking 200kms across West Yorkshire to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Book Bus and raise funds. Below are some of Gail's highlights from week one, as she walked more than 50kms across the Yorkshire landscape.<br />
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Adorned with beautiful illustrations by the world famous children's Illustrator, Sir Quentin Blake visitors to the London Book Fair at Olympia can jump abroad Matilda and find out how mobile libraries are empowering communities and helping engage children in reading. </div>
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Book Bus Matilda will then set off on a 7,000 mile journey to become a mobile children's library in Mangochi, Malawi along the shore of Lake Malawi. </div>
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Over the last 10 years the Book Bus has shared books with more than 100,000 children around the world.</div>
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"<i>We're delighted that we're taking part in this prestigious world London Book Fair. We're proud to be part of a global network of organisation helping to improve literacy which is a key skill for everyone in today's world. Every day our local team in Malawi is out in the community sharing books with schools and making reading fun. Matilda, our latest Book Bus, will ensure we spread the love of reading and help empower communities so they can have more opportunities and choices over their own lives,"</i> he concluded. </div>
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“My favourite book is The Hare and the Tortoise. I like the way the tortoise takes his time but wins the race,” says 10 year old Angela Beaston. </h3>
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Angela is one of 180 children on the Book Bus reading support programme in Mangochi, Malawi. </div>
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It’s a programme that is showing impact. At the beginning of the programme, every child takes a reading test and their scores are recorded. The same test is used some six months later and children are showing an increase in reading ability by an average of 35%. </div>
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The Book Bus reading project has partnered with two local schools to support teachers with their literacy programmes. Every week Book Bus Reading Team visits the schools and hears the children read. </div>
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“The children love the Book Bus reading programme. We work in small groups which means each child has access to books, takes turns in reading and then we always have some kind of activity afterwards to see what the children have understood." </div>
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Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world and its education system has many challenges including average class sizes of 120 children per teacher with few resources to support teachers in their vital role. Books are rare and very expensive often costing more than one months wages. </div>
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The Book Bus programme is currently piloting this, its first reading scheme, and it’s proving a big success. Choosing the right books is crucial to ensure the books are relevant and engaging to the children. Many of the books tell the stories of tales and fables from around the world. </div>
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The programme not only helps the children to read, but the books open up new worlds to the children. They are learning about Aesop and ancient Greece through fables which really helps expand the children’s knowledge and encourages them to ask questions and explore further.</div>
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Joseph Chipanga is the Head teacher of Nansanga Primary school, one of the Book Bus partner schools. </div>
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“The impact has been simply incredible,“ he says. “This reading programme really supports the literacy work our teachers are doing. More and more children are now asking how they get on the reading programme. The children on the programme are absolutely becoming the highest performers in other subjects too. What’s important is these children are being given an opportunity - they are grasping it and we are now seeing the results. It’s looking very positive,” concludes Joseph. </div>
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Can you help more children read and enjoy the powerful world of books? <a href="http://www.thebookbus.org/help_with_a_donation.htm" target="_blank">Donate </a>at www.thebookbus.org </h3>
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to celebrate our 10<sup>th</sup> anniversary and to raise £10,000 to help
continue our literacy work in Ecuador, Malawi and Zambia. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Hebden Bridge through Huddersfield, Wakefield and Leeds to Ilkley and onto
Howarth, the 20-day loop hike throughout April will take Gail through the rich
and diverse literary heritage that West Yorkshire has to offer. Gail will visit
local schools, museums, groups and bookshops along the route collecting
stories, join in reading and storytelling with local groups and collect unique
stories, poems and word snippets from passers by as she walks over the Yorkshires
hills, through valleys and along canal paths. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Gail “I volunteered on the Book Bus in Zambia with my daughter back in 2012
and it was one of the most inspiring times of our lives. Every day the Book Bus
travels to schools and villages with books for children that have none. We shared
books and stories then brought the books alive through art and drama with lots
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12pt;">Continued
Gail, “Whilst in Zambia I heard the stories of some children that walked for an
hour to get to school every day and an hour back, often through harsh terrain.
I was so inspired by their insatiable desire to learn that I was determined to
raise awareness of struggles many children have getting to school and accessing
books. I love walking and I love books too I thought I’d combine these and walk through
the landscape that I love, West Yorkshire. </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12pt;">I’m aiming to raise</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.justgiving.com/GailRichardsWalkingWithWords" target="_blank">£10,000</a> to celebrate 10 years of the Book Bus and to help keep the Book
Buses on the road to continue their vital projects,” concluded Gail.</span><br />
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Join Book Bus Volunteer Gail Richards as she walks 200 kms across West Yorkshire <a href="https://www.justgiving.com/GailRichardsWalkingWithWords" target="_blank">raising £10,000</a> to celebrate 10 years of the Book Bus. </h3>
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Day 1: Monday 11<span class="s1">th</span> April </h4>
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<b>Walk:</b> Mytholmroyd to Calder High School, Mytholmroyd </div>
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Story-sharing session & presentation at Calder High School</div>
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<b>Walk:</b> from Calder High School to Brighouse.</div>
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Day 2: Tuesday 12<span class="s1">th</span> April</h4>
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<b>Walk:</b> Brighouse to centre of Huddersfield</div>
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Day 3: Wed 13<span class="s1">th</span> April </h4>
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Berry Bow Infant & Nursery School assembly & story-sharing event with a class.</div>
<b>Walk: </b>Moorlands Primary School to Lindley Children’s Bookshop</div>
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For more information: <em style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><a href="http://www.childrensbookshuddersfield.co.uk/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.<wbr></wbr>childrensbookshuddersfield.co.<wbr></wbr>uk</a></em></div>
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Day 4: Thursday 14<span class="s1">th</span> April</h4>
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Day 5: Friday 15<span class="s1">th</span> April</h4>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Fancy spending your hard earned holidays helping children to read? That ‘s just what Scottish Primary school teacher Vikki Taylor did with our Book Bus project in Malawi.</b> </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“I wanted to do something a bit different with my summer holiday. I’d heard about the Book Bus and how it is helping children learn how to read. and I’d never been to an African country before so this was a great opportunity. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Although I did a lot of research before I left, nothing prepared me for the sheer numbers in primary schools and the very challenging conditions Malawian teachers work in. </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>The Book Bus is 10 years old this year and is looking for experienced teachers and reading mentors to join its literacy projects in Malawi and Zambia from June to September 2016.</b></span></div>
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The Book Bushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07584472768219752455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197811101330493805.post-88104710845606940462015-11-24T05:57:00.000-08:002016-04-05T02:22:48.492-07:00Volunteer with the Book Bus in the UK <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Volunteers are the backbone of what we do. We know that due to personal commitments many people would like to volunteer with us, but don't want to leave the UK. </h3>
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We've recently created lots of new opportunities for people to spend time volunteering with us on specific UK projects. </div>
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Read about Tom's experience working with our marketing team... </div>
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"I volunteered for Book Bus in between my travels. I was eager to do something useful with my free time so sought some voluntary work which I could do from home. </blockquote>
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From the word go, the Book Bus team were very welcoming and showed great trust with the projects that they set me. I felt like I was making a positive contribution with the tasks that I completed. </blockquote>
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The work was varied and included editing newsletter articles, researching children's book authors, searching for new online forums and literacy websites as well as identifying new channels of communication which we could use to reach out to new volunteers. I made some real progress and earned a huge amount of satisfaction from creating new leads for a worthwhile charity. </blockquote>
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I would encourage anyone with an interest in books or experience in working with children to offer their time to Book Bus. </blockquote>
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I'm now off to spend time with my next big passion - travel and skiing..."</blockquote>
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We're looking for volunteers that can help spread the word about the Book Bus. If you have marketing experience and can spare a few hours each week, we'd love to hear from you. Get in touch with <a href="mailto:marian@thebookbus.org">marian@thebookbus.org</a></div>
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Your work <b>WILL</b> make a difference. </div>
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The Book Bushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07584472768219752455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5197811101330493805.post-7758838540892604262015-11-20T14:29:00.003-08:002015-11-24T16:50:50.316-08:00Arturo’s Book of the Week<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>“The True Story of the Three Little Pigs”</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"Everybody knows the story of the Three Little Pigs. Or at least they think they do. But I'll let you in on a little secret. Nobody knows the real story, because nobody has ever heard my side of the story. I'm Alexander T. Wolf. You can call me Al. I don't know how this whole Big Bad Wolf thing got started, but it's all wrong. Maybe it's because of our diet. Hey, it's not my fault wolves eat cute little animals like bunnies and sheep and pigs. That's just the way we are. If cheeseburgers were cute, folks would probably think you were Big and Bad too. But like I was saying, the whole big bad wolf thing is all wrong. The real story is about a sneeze and a cup of sugar.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And so opens Jon Scieszka’s “True Story of the Three Little Pigs” or, in its Spanish version, “La verdadera historia de los tres cerditos”. We introduced this book to the Grade 7 children in Puerto Lopez during the week and they were really curious to find out if, and how, this comical parody could set the record straight and prove that the wolf’s “Big and bag” reputation was really the result of a stitch up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The classes read in three groups of 8 children, each child taking turns to share the reading with the rest of the group. To add a little spice to the activity and to extract a learning outcome from the story, each group had to come up with “reasoned” answers to the following questions and present them to a “Judge” who was to deliberate the case.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1. What really caused the houses of straw and sticks to collapse?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2. Why did the wolf end up in prison?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3. How innocent were the pigs really?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">4. Was the Wolf villain or victim?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With not an inconsiderable amount of mentoring, the groups produced their cases and according to their beliefs took the side of either the wolf or the pigs. A hotly argued </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></div>
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debate ensued producing a lot of huffing and puffing that required regular enforcement of court order! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Finally, justice was seen to be done when the Judge ruled that . . . </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Oh, but that would be telling dear readers, for you must buy your own copies to discover the Wolf’s story and deliberate on this challenging conundrum for yourselves! And when you have finished the book, why not share it with children all over the world by sending it to the Book Bus for distribution to one of our projects in Africa or Ecuador.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Happy Reading!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b>Special thanks to Susan Cassie and Sue Clapham for sending us these wonderful books !</b></span></div>
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