#spreadliteracy

@yallfest 2019 Powerhouse of an author session with Kate DiCamillo, Ally Condie, and Roshani Chokshi. If you’ve never read Kate’s work, you’re missing out on a modern day master storyteller. Read The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, thank me later. If you have children, read it aloud. If not, read it alone and weep for the simple, yet kind, prose and message. Books are found family, an extra sense (one you cannot touch-see-smell-hear-taste but rather all combined, at once), and a journey near and far. Oh happy day. 📚 #SpreadLiteracy (at Charleston Music Hall) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4qFEHQnqPdyBWRPJHkRmOybaRAJMy27YcSp-c0/?igshid=zgtdugd3cwv

This is why I'm here—for kids like this one, who read the whole book aloud to me despite zero comprehension. When I asked her if she likes books, her face lit up. She said, "Give me a book." I told her no, that the books are here so all the people can come read them. She immediately said, "Nzasoma ejo"—"I will read tomorrow." *** To those of you who donated books, thank you. Most of these kids who show up at my house are from the poorer families in the village. They don't have a single book in their homes. It's just a few extra books to you, but it's a whole new world to them. #booksforeveryone #spreadliteracy #thesekidstho #peacecorpsRwanda #iletmybooksdomyintegratingforme

No comprehension, no attention span, but lots of enthusiasm. They ran home shouting to their mum that there are books here now. #thesekidstho #spreadliteracy #peacecorpsRwanda

Dufite ibitabo! We have books! Thanks, mum! Carlos is excited and so will the kids be when they see them. #booksforeveryone #yougetabookandyougetabook #gonnateachthemright #harrypotterallaround #spreadliteracy #carlospurrfecthair #catsandbooks #peacecorpsRwanda @claudiasyson