Archive for August, 2006
Monday: El Puente Ostional
A child’s view of a Nicaraguan lending library
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve heard Jane’s lending library sales pitch enough times that I could probably recite portions in my sleep. She is a passionate advocate for placing books in the hands of children — and others, for that matter — by building a network of lending libraries. Phrases like “prestar los [...]
Big Dolls in Huge Dresses in Granada
Big Dolls in Huge Dresses in Granada
Originally uploaded by D-.
We were caught in a traffic jam trying to leave Granada. The cause: ten to twelve foot high dolls in huge dresses.
August 20, 2006.
Muchacho en Caballo
Muchacho en Caballo
Originally uploaded by D-.
Boy on horseback during the Festival of the Ascension of the Virgin. Granada, Nicaragua. August 20, 2006.
Helen Korengold and Carol Rea
Helen Korengold and Carol Rea
Originally uploaded by D-.
Helen Korengold and Carol Rea of Puedo Leer (I Can Read), the first lending library in Granada, which will open on Saturday, August 26.
Inside the Puedo Leer Library in Granada
Inside the Puedo Leer Library in Granada
Originally uploaded by D-.
Sunday in Granada
A wall in Tipitapa
Tipitapa is a small, impoverished community on the outskirts of Managua. So far, its Wikipedia entry contains only a single notable event – a treaty signed 80 years ago ending one of the US’s numerous and unfortunate interventions in Nicaragua. To get to our destination, we drove over unpaved roads with massive ruts and puddles [...]
A Montar el autobus ‘Wiki’: Wikis y su uso en bibliotecas
I have posted the Powerpoint slides and handout that I presented on Thursday online.
Tipitapa
Tipitapa
Originally uploaded by D-.
Denise Davis of Simmons College reads with children at the Tipitapa learning center. The small concrete building on a muddy dirt road outside of Managua doubles as the organizer’s home.
