Importance of Reading Around the Globe

I have been an avid reader since the age of 3. My favorite stories often took place in other cultures or time periods. I knew as a small child that there was more to the world than I could see from my very small town in south Mississippi. I spent the next 30 years traveling, meeting people, listening to stories and experiencing all that the world has to offer; and I was right, there is a large and beautiful world out there. Now that I have returned home to that small town I realize that if educators had easy access to the tools, they too could tell stories from other cultures, share laughter with a world that is far away, yet trapped in the pages of a book.

I wanted to create a place that teachers could reach out to when they wanted to celebrate a cultural holiday or get to know a new student’s world. I hope this helps them as much as the journey to collect it has meant to me.