Big Brother Mouse

4 October, 2012, Kiukhamporm Village, Luang Prabang 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 Nam Jai Amsterdam (Netherlands). Thank you!

Who arranges all these book parties, and keeps track? We invite you to read about Sonesoulilat (click for "About Us", then "Our Staff", then look for his name). He organized our first rural book party when he was 16. He now runs the entire Joy of Reading project within Big Brother Mouse, which handles school book parties as well as setting up rural home-based reading rooms. And he finished university at the same time.

If that's not enough, he's also written 10 books, including The Joy of Reading which encourages parents and teachers to read aloud with children; and What's in the Market? a fascinating guide for both tourists and local people.

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