“For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), It’s always our self we find in the sea.” e.e.cummings

In this case, it is our books that we have found, resurfacing after their long journey at sea.

Many of you will remember that all summer and fall we packed and sorted thousands of books, ultimately sending 15,000 beautiful children’s books to both Ghana and South Africa.

These books have a long journey, spending several weeks in metal containers before finally being loaded onto the ships that will carry them across the ocean and to the African continent. From there they must make it through customs and be loaded onto trucks and bump along through towns and villages until they finally reach their intended destination: children who love to read!

We are so excited to receive some photos of children enjoying these books! It is so much fun to realize that although these children are so very far away, in another sense, we are really all part of one world, enjoying the same stories and jokes and learning about the world from the same books.Today we are truly able to say that we are fulfilling our mission,

“Helping children realize the magical awesomeness of reading!”

Please continue donating children’s books! We have recently received an urgent request from some  parentless children in Kenya who would love some new books. We are working to gather books and help with shipping costs so these children too can enjoy imaginary tales and learn from science and history books.

With your help we can continue to improve global literacy, at home and around the world. Many thanks, always! The Wonderland BookSavers!