Dec. 13, 2004
ROCKFORD, Ill. – The Pookai Book Project sent $248 and 30 books to the Angsoeng Library – its final shipment this year.
The donation signifies another successful year for the Project, which sent the $1,500 it pledged at the beginning of the year. In addition, the Angsoeng Library received a new computer and printer; 151 books; as well as puzzles, flash card, educational video games and other materials.
Plus, the Pookai Book Project sent an additional $340 dedicated specifically to power a new generator at the Angsoeng Library.
Of the $248 sent this month, $100 was to help power the generator.
The books shipped were as follows: The Best Foot Forward by Barbara Handler; Trains by Eye Openers; Animal Faces in the Water by Hannah Sackett; Animal Faces on Snow and Ice by Hannah Sackett; Horses and Ponies by Ushborne; A Boundary Waters Fishing Guide by Michael Furtman; Amphibians of North America by Smith Barlowe; Minerals of the World by Sorrell & Sandstrom; The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars; The Incredible Journey by Sheila Bornford; Wizard’s Whacky Puzzles by Joyce & Alfred Perry; The Tail of Benjamin Bunny by Beatrice Potter; Shiny Seaside by Helen Stephens; Animal Opposites by Grand Reams Books; Siam Mapped by Thongchai Winichakul; Tutankhamun the Boy King by Gaff & Lewis; The Last Emperor by Smith & Lewis; I Had A Bad Dream by Eugene Hayward; The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer; Neeny Coming, Neeny Going by Karen English; Lakas and the Manilatown Fish by Anthony Robles; Little Book of Questions & Answers: Nature by Publications International Ltd.; Good Night Sun, Hello Moon by Reader’s Digest; Let’s Look at Dinosaurs by Grosset & Dunlop; The Illustrated World’s Religions by Huston & Smith; The Cat Who Walked Across France by Kate Banks; Gator Gumbo by Candace Fleming; The Kite Festival by Leyla Torres; and Anne Frank, Beyond the Diary by Ruud van der Rol & Rian Verhoeven.
The Project also sent a set of flash cards.
The Pookai Project’s mission is to help the restoration of Cambodia by gathering funds and need-specific books for the nation’s libraries. These donations will promote literacy, accelerate education, speed economic development and empower Cambodians to take their place on the world stage. Its first client is the Angsoeng Library, run by leading journalist Chandara Lor.