(20 June 2015, Pyay, Myanmar) A crowd of children reach for books on a full shelve and start reading their selections on sheets and benches placed in the shade of trees on a school ground.
In early April, the “mobile library on wheels,” operated by a local public library, arrived at this elementary school in the Kyo Khone village in the outskirts of Pyay, central Myanmar. It was the first time the 33 pupils, who live about 5 kilometers from the nearest public library, had seen a number of picture story books at one time.
The Asahi Shimbun has the story by Makoto Igarashi.
