Reference books and other reference materials are extremely rare in rural Guatemala. If a library does have a set of encyclopedias it is often outdated or incomplete. Child Aid recently received a generous donation from Bilingual Educational Services, Inc.. They gave 30 sets of Time Life encyclopedias focusing on different areas of science and geography. Each set contains 52 volumes and will be a wonderful addition to libraries that have practically no reference materials whatsoever. The donation also included a set of six mystery books or “scary books”. Which seem to be a favorite of the children here. We can’t tell you how many times we’ve been working in a library and a student comes in asking for a scary book, and goes away empty handed. We are thrilled to be able to offer them not only one, but a series of six books!
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