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Ride the BiblioBurro
Did anyone catch that amazing story in The New York Times about the bilioburro? After reading this article about a Colombian teacher who uses two burros (one named Alpha, the other Beto...put the two words together and what do you get? The word "alphabet" in Spanish) bringing books to readers without means...I feel shamefully lazy sitting here in bed writing on my laptop.
Come on now...what is really in those delicious Colombian arepas (cornmeal cakes) that has inspired two great men and two blogs on this very website dedicated to outstandingly-organic-outreach book servies to communities in remote parts of this South American country? This first case was a few months ago when my fellow blogger Loida Garcia-Febo talked to and wrote about William Hurtado Cuero, a Colombian librarian superhero who travels numerous miles in a day with a suitcase offeing books.
This past Monday, Simon Romero from the Times reported this touching story about a perambulatory library with 10 legs, and a man named Luis Soriano with gorgeous detail. With rising gas prices, we may have to eventually resort to our own burros. And to think (!)... a burro is considered a dumb and lazy creature in Latino culture...well, not in the towns that the biblioburro frequents anymore.
Books-on-Hooves: Soriano rides the BiblioBurro...
Copyright: The New York Times.
Ride the BiblioBurro
October 22, 2008
Did anyone catch that amazing story in The New York Times about the bilioburro? After reading this article about a Colombian teacher who uses two burros (one named Alpha, the other Beto...put the two words together and what do you get? The word "alphabet" in Spanish) bringing books to readers without means...I feel shamefully lazy sitting here in bed writing on my laptop.
Come on now...what is really in those delicious Colombian arepas (cornmeal cakes) that has inspired two great men and two blogs on this very website dedicated to outstandingly-organic-outreach book servies to communities in remote parts of this South American country? This first case was a few months ago when my fellow blogger Loida Garcia-Febo talked to and wrote about William Hurtado Cuero, a Colombian librarian superhero who travels numerous miles in a day with a suitcase offeing books.
This past Monday, Simon Romero from the Times reported this touching story about a perambulatory library with 10 legs, and a man named Luis Soriano with gorgeous detail. With rising gas prices, we may have to eventually resort to our own burros. And to think (!)... a burro is considered a dumb and lazy creature in Latino culture...well, not in the towns that the biblioburro frequents anymore.
Books-on-Hooves: Soriano rides the BiblioBurro...
Copyright: The New York Times.
Posted by Adriana V. Lopez on October 22, 2008 | Comments (0)
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