Reply #6: I've loved every library I've ever been in. [View All]

[CrispyQ]

It may sound silly to some, but they are mystical places, no matter how humble.

When I first moved to this little berg 20+ years ago, the library was a large room in the basement of the city building. It was cramped & garishly painted, but they had a kids corner & a decent selection of books for a small town. Several years ago we built a new library with fantastic views of the front range, reading areas & lots & lots of book racks that have been filling up over the years.

snip from article:

“There are no books for kids in some languages, so we had to become a self-publisher,” Wood explains. “We’re trying to find the Dr. Seuss of Cambodia.” Room to Read has, so far, published 591 titles in languages including Khmer, Nepalese, Zulu, Lao, Xhosa, Chhattisgarhi, Tharu, Tsonga, Garhwali and Bundeli.

:) Thanks for this fantastic article!

on edit: How perfect! My library has his book & I'm going to check it out.

"Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children" by John Wood