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"Biblioburro" painted in blue letters to the donkeys 'backs and loaded them with an eclectic cargo of books destined for people living in the small villages beyond.
European Tribune 2008
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Sweating already under the unforgiving sun, he strapped pouches with the word "Biblioburro" painted in blue letters to the donkeys 'backs and loaded them with an eclectic cargo of books destined for people living in the small villages beyond.
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Colombian 'Biblioburro' has 4,800 books and 10 legs - International Herald Tribune LA GLORIA, Colombia: In a ritual repeated nearly every weekend for the past decade here in Colombia's war-weary Caribbean hinterlands, Luis Soriano gathered his two donkeys, Alfa and Beto, in front of his home on a recent Saturday afternoon.
European Tribune 2008
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Yet the "Biblioburro" represents a marvelous tool to the outside world to the children of the country town of La Gloria.
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Biblioburro – a donkey library – visits Colombian children
DC Public Library and DC LEARNs Literacy Event « General Literacy « Videos « Literacy News 2009
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A whimsical riff on the bookmobile, Mr. Soriano's Biblioburro is a small institution: one man and two donkeys.
DogfightAtBankstown 2008
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See Also: More About Biblioburro in this CNN story from Today text
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See Also: More About Biblioburro in this CNN story from Today text
A Mobile Library on the Backs of Donkeys, It’s Biblioburro « ResourceShelf 2010
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Soriano rides his “Biblioburro” with a bag full of more than a hundred books through “abandoned regions” in the Columbian state of Magdalena to reach thousands of children who don’t or can’t attend school.
A Mobile Library on the Backs of Donkeys, It’s Biblioburro « ResourceShelf 2010
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Soriano rides his “Biblioburro” with a bag full of more than a hundred books through “abandoned regions” in the Columbian state of Magdalena to reach thousands of children who don’t or can’t attend school.
bilby commented on the word Biblioburro
A mobile library where books are carried in a saddle on a donkey's back. The original Biblioburro was started by the inspirational Luis Soriano in Colombia.
November 20, 2014
bilby commented on the word Biblioburro
No idea why he didn't call it Bilbioburro though.
November 20, 2014
qms commented on the word Biblioburro
Fear not! You can still dig your furrow
With service that will be so thorough
That books writ in Strine
Will bend down the spine
Of the Ausandean Bilbioburro!
November 20, 2014
bilby commented on the word Biblioburro
Awww! You've outdone yourself qms!
November 21, 2014