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Students, teachers and parents absolutely love the three new books that we have published and distributed to our 50 partner schools in Kavre and Nuwakot districts in Nepal.

The books are a key part of our read-aloud program. In our previous report, we detailed the original, culturally appropriate stories written by some of our teachers.

You know you’ve created something good when it’s used so much that schools ask us for extra copies. And that’s exactly what has happened.

But don’t take our word for it. Here’s testimonials from a student and a teacher about what these books mean to them:

Sushma (3rd grader at Jalpa Devi School, Nuwakot) 

“I come to school to play. I would spend the whole day outdoors if the teachers let me. Lately, I have begun to like reading. I like simple and short books like “Kasto Suhayeko” (“Looking Good!”) because the sentences are short and the images are too funny. I don’t have the time or the patience to read long stories.” 

Parvati (Teacher at Nepane School, Nuwakot) 

At our school we have a daily routine of reading “Kati Mehenati Mauri” (“Busy Bees”). There are some beehives in the vicinity, so some students are aware of the lives of bees; they are read aloud to at school and they in turn read aloud to their parents. It’s not a surprise to hear some villagers tending their farms while humming ‘bari maidan ghumera auchin bhun bhun garera, dharke mauri somati’ (the refrain of the poem). 

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