It’s been a gorgeous summer here in
NZ. Wonderful summery days have stretched out the holiday feeling right into March
– Personally, I hope it lasts until Easter!
The summer holiday break is usually
the time I use to get through a great pile of Young Adult books I've had on my
to-read list. This year, however, I took my holiday in South America, joining a
group of volunteers heading to a home for orphaned girls in Bolivia. I loaded my pack with books – very heavy, but
not for me to read – these were popular YA titles in Spanish that I took for
the girls in the orphanage to enjoy. I had been told that the girls loved to
read, but only had a very small library that was read over and over.
So…there are 2 things in this world
that I know well:
1. Young
adult/ children’s books
2. How
to order books online (in any language!)
The day after we presented the
books we joined the girls and the orphanage staff on a bus trip high up into
the mountains, to Lake Tunari at the foot of the Andes.
Ah job satisfaction…even in deepest Bolivia
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