Tutor english or attend a rural village book party with this laotian literacy organization. A january 2017 visit to the big brother mouse bookshop in luang. Ive fallen in love with big brother mouse association, with its curious and. The books are written and produced inhouse and distribution is achieved through book parties held at schools and villages. Theres no good system for getting books into the hands of rural children in laos. Children will talk about books, sing songs at the end, each child will select a book of their own very likely the first book theyve ever. It continues to run book parties in rural schools, and that program has expanded considerably, with 31 of these events in 2007, 196 in 2008, increasing to 510 in 2010. Big brother mouse luang prabang 2020 all you need to know. Sorry, there are no tours or activities available to book online for the dates you. Books are still too scarce, but through the efforts of many people and organizations, including big brother mouse, theyve become more common. Sonesoulilat nicknamed sone was 16 when he set up that first book party. Spend a day at big sister mouse in the countryside. Our new school, big sister mouse, has students ranging from preschool to young adults. For more info on supporting a book party please visit.
Book parties, book exchanges, and art contests in addition to publishing books, big brother mouse works with other community groups to promote literacy, and to find innovative ways to get books into the hands of readers. A book party with big brother mouse four off the beaten path. Attending a book party in a lao villages big brother mouse. Big brother mouse book party in laotian village near. There was no system for getting books into rural villages, some of which involve a day or two of travel from the nearest road. Big brother mouse publishes books that make literacy fun, for children in laos. When we started big brother mouse in 2006, most children in laos had never seen a book, other than a textbook and textbooks dont make literacy fun. People from around the province, and sometimes from outside, come to the hospital in luang prabang. We believe books will spread widely only if people come to value them enough to pay for them, which will support businesses to do more publishing and, most crucially, distribution. We play games that develop number and word skills, geography and strategic thinking, spatial thinking and teamwork.