Book sponsors

Literacy doesn't mean much if there's nothing to read. These people and organizations have brought new books to Laos during the past two years, by sponsoring the publication of a title. Thank you!

2012

* Bill and Susie Pitlick, and their family and friends, (USA): The Greedy Baboon

* Australian Government, (USA): Animals of Australia (new edition), Helping Children Develop, and What Am I? (large format, 2nd printing)

* Australian Government, (USA): Animals of Australia (new edition), Helping Children Develop, and What Am I? (large format, 2nd printing)

* Ryley, Logan, Theresa and Dan Starta, (USA): The Lion and the Jackal (2nd printing)

2011

* Charles Felsenthal, in honor of his late friend Thongsouk, (USA): Consonants High and Low

* Elena & Filippo Concaro (Germany): The Slow Loris (2nd printing)

* John and Robin Millar (Canada): One Mouse and Seven Cats (2nd printing)

* Lin Palmer (England): Ongkuriman

* Colin Cotterill and Books for Laos (England, Thailand): The Grasshopper War (A6 format, 2nd printing)

* Brian and Gerry Warren (Australia): Nang Visaka

* Manoj Paul (USA): The Joy of Reading (3rd and 4th printings) and Women's Health (2nd printing)

* Alex Godfrey, Hannah McDonald-Moniz, Vientiane College, and the expats of Vientiane: A Polar Bear Visits Laos (A6 size, 2nd printing)

* The family and friends of Hannah McDonald-Moniz and Alex Godfrey: Dinosaurs! (bilingual A5 size)

* Peggy Horn (Australia): Eggs, Eggs, Eggs (A6 format)

* Deborah Deitsch-Perez, Dr. Steven Goldfine, Shayna (Ellie) Goldfine, and Jacob Goldfine (USA): Proverbs of Laos (second printing)

* Julie McIntyre (Australia): How Xieng Mieng Got His Name

* Lyle and Agnes Schaller, and GlobeAware (USA): Animals of Africa, and Frog, Alligator, Buffalo (reprinting of A6 edition)

* Joe Rasberry (USA): Men's Health

* John and Jean Burton (USA): Black Mouse, White Mouse (A6 format)

* The Rotary Club of Reno (USA): Water for Life

* Manoj Paul and GlobeAware (USA): Using Books In School (2nd printing) and Phiiyamoi (A6 format)

* The Bowie Family (Canada): The Man Who Disappeared (Lao-language edition)

* The Robert Family (England): Baby Frog, Baby Monkey (A6 format, 2nd printing)

* Teachers and Friends from Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia): The Cat that Meditated (A6 format, 2nd printing)

* Lyle and Agnes Schaller, and GlobeAware (USA): Natural Wonders of the World, Little Crow, Why the Parrot Can Talk and The Dead Tiger Who Killed a Princess

* Judith Frances Hubbard (England): The Tale of Benjamin Bunny

* Teachers from Bahau, Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia): Life in the Sea

* Franz Andres and Caroline Morrissey (Australia): The Wet Elephant is Busy (A6 edition)

* Anonymous (Australia): Ancient Egypt (English-for-Lao-students edition)

* Jo Kelly (Australia): Phiiyamoi (large read-aloud format)

* Daniel Gerster (Germany): No Bananas (A6 format)

* Planet Wheeler and Global Development Group (Australia): The Joy of Reading and What AmI? (A6, 2nd printing)

* Julie McIntyre (Australia): A Fantastic and Frightening Place

* Planet Wheeler (Australia): Reptiles

* Teachers from Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia): Verbs in Action

2010

* Ayres Bears (New Zealand): Where is my Mother?

* Peggy Horn (Australia): Tangrams and Ethnic Groups of Laos

* "In honour of our very special parents, grandparents and great grandparents, Peter and Shirley Devine, from your loving children, grandchildren and great grandchildren": (Australia) Pirates Attacked Dr. Dolittle As He Was Sailing Home

* Manoj Paul and GlobeAware (USA): Protecting Yourself From Germs and The Giant Likes Vegetables

* John and Robin Millar; Lyle and Agnes Schaller; and GlobeAware (Canada and USA): Helping Children Who Are Deaf

* Lin Palmer (England): The Mouse That Sat on an Egg

* Brian & Gerry Warren (Australia): Off to the Forest

* Nick Hubbard, Lyle and Agnes Schaller, and GlobeAware (USA): What's in the Sky? (bilingual edition)

* The Bengier Foundation, Manoj Paul and GlobeAware (USA): The Crab Flexes Its Muscles

* Claudia Kean, Lyle and Agnes Schaller, and GlobeAware (USA): Transportation and the Environment

* Josephine Ong Kui Hua and Ong So Eng (Malaysia): Fly, Fly, Fly

* Teachers from Bahau, Negeri Sembilan (Malaysia): The Bird Carries His Sister, and The Hungry Frog

* Global Fund for Children (USA): Traditional Toys

* Manoj Paul and GlobeAware (USA): Eggs, Eggs, Eggs (large format), Funny Letters (color edition), The Wet Elephant is Busy, and No Bananas

* Sabaidi France Khammouane (France): Xieng Mieng Stories

* Planet Wheeler and the Global Development Group (Australia): Food Origins and Puppet Story

* Lyle and Agnes Schaller and GlobeAware (USA): Laos 1957, Village Life, Spectacular! (bilingual edition), Homes Around the World (bilingual edition), Sudoku and The Joy of Reading

* Jonathan Ingram (England): What Happens to Your Food?

* Manoj Paul and GlobeAware (USA): The Naughty Rabbit, Tigers and Rice, and Wat Xieng Thong (Lao edition)

* Lin Palmer: (England) Kamsanongkam and The Hunter Who Meditated: Kmhmu folktales

Will you join them to help promote literacy in Laos? Here's the list of titles that still need a sponsor.

Village book parties

These people have donated enough to sponsor a book party and donate more books to a rural village school. Thank you!

Alice Vandervoort * Frank Nauert * Guy Marquis * Port of Melbourne Corporation Staff - Christmas Raffle * Doug Ewart * Arthur Peterson * Anne Sayer * Claudia Kean * Dan Nielsen * Barbara Grayson * Michael Farrell and Kelly Todd * Michael Ambler * Christopher Thomas and Connie Potter * Rebecca Jennings * Hannah Broessler, Astrid Reitter and friends * Alice Manwill and Fiona Douglas * Tessa and Al French, in honor of Michael Greaney * Robert Moyer, Cathy Lee, and Jason Moyer-Lee * Beth Hardy * Matthew & Amanda Howden * Simone Fischer * Wesley Warren * Deborah Saunders * Chris Ashton * Ortrud Borchardt * Marsha Canick * Margaret McGillivray * * Steven Wallace * Liena Lacey * Steve Grant * Keith Rodwell * Martin Peter * Deborah & Mike Banyai * Planet Wheeler Foundation * * Terri McComb * Andrea Schugk * Rose Beauchamp * Tammachat Natural Textiles * Stephen Knisely * David Lavery * Katie Metzler * G Gestwicki * Hilary Caldwell & John Curran * Amber Rose Atkins * Verena Landert * Diane Tulloch * Jens Wegener * Francis & Lorraine Hutchinson * * Mary Chisholm * Andrea Ball * Blanaid Cleavy&Derek Ceavy * Ramon Tabtiang * Malcolm Ruddiforth * Vanessa Havey * David and Joan Adrion * Sue Hobden * Lin Palmer * Unknown * Katie Findley * Carole McGhan-Hicks * Kirsty Feil * Beaver Valley Community School * Roger & Karen Womersley * Matthew Bertram * Lyle and Agnes Schaller * Butterfield and Robinson * Rebecca Nonohoe * Sasha Alyson * Eileen Solomon * Kirstie Monson * Graham Veale * Debbie Chin * Anita and Andreas Dobler * Marcela Rost * Bryce Adams * Emily Ghan * Lorna Parker and Sophia Bown * Lucy Terry * Yvonne Parsons * Terry & Su Clift and Rob & Jan Serpell * Ulrike Braun * Judith Mitchell * Gillian Hall * Holger Schulz * Robert family * Clare Kelly * Donkeo * William Bulger * Jeremy Ducklin * Brigitte Irvine * Nicola Fitzgerald * Margaret Fitzgerald * Gabriel Smit * Robert family * Hannah McDonald-Moniz, Alex Godfrey, families and friends * Stephen Orth * Huonville High * K Garrison * Florence Micol * Catherine Schieve * Julia Levine * Nina Ritson * Michael Kamitsuka * Joaquin Garrido Perez * David and Kate Morrissey * Pauline Hunter-Knight * Leah Camhi * Catherine Deluz * Global Fund for Children * * Catherine Joy Moon * Natascha Rohr * Manoj Paul * Athole McLauchlan * Zena Carter * Zena Carter * Christopher Thomas * Geert Overmars * Molly Peterson * Erin Michelson * Paolo Cattaneo * Amanda Kaiser * Victoria Wallop * Donald Murray * Colin Cotterill and Books for Laos * Lynda Saul * Terre des Hommes (Germany) * Cheah Suiling * Scott Fifer * Rachel Joseph * Amanda Lopez * Carlo&PaoLa Kielstra * Alexandra Bullock * Michelle Doucet * Andrew Brown * Hong Kong International School, Laos Interim Group 2009 * William Sargent * Elina Reineck * Anke de Vries * Janice Glass * Joyce Ruppell * John & Jean Burton * Ruth Hall * Patrick Sarnacke * Dylan Grogan & Jamie Wagner * Alisia Peters * Charles Eastly * Margit Donhowe * Anke de Vries * Clasine Van Dorst * Lionel Dean * Don Northey * Lorraine McCulloch * Amanda Smith * Andreas Seidel * Reza and Tasha Ispahani * Liz Wallace * Aaron Seabrook * Michael Beal * Kevin Chung * Madelene Lees * Paula Bertoli * Suzanne Brown * Sze Mei Lim * Allison Williams * Kara Coggin * Tom Kelsall * Melanie Hong * Jon Weldingh * Cheratien Jones Webb * Jim Ryan * Lori Lander * Danicla Ganahl * Fiona Miller * Bob King * Jackie Eliades * Stuart and Ali McKenzie * Barbara Schillo * Elizabeth Weselby * Susan Swindells * Barbara Schillo * Marlene Walde * Doug Hitch * Planet Wheeler Foundation * GlobeAware * Trina Martin * Geneva Sherman * Alisa Norila * Arpad Horvath in the name of Rachel Kochubievsky * Julie Hales' Year 2/3 class * by Susan Sandford in honor of World School * in honor of Judge Robert Coates of San Diego Superior Court * Guylaine Tappaz * Kate Hinch * Katy Schneider * Hirschel McGinnes * Jens Wegener * Jane Burren * Peggy Horn * Mindy Sayers * Keith Robertson * Janet Stulting * Mirjam Schantl * Duncan McDougall * James Mueller * Jacinta Lean * Wolfgang Rietig and Mariele Diekhof * Debra Littlehales * Greg Robb * Global Development Group * Nancy and Patrick Diehl * Lori Osborn * Rafael Brunner * John & Robin Millar * Scott Luckett * Melbourne Girls College * Heath and sooki * Rachel Cohen * * Anna Alford * Laura Lucia Ortiz Fernandez * Graham Hellyer * Anonymous * T Tsikhler * Jennifer Shum * Anna Maria Dietschi * Kaija Keys * Jennifer Brown * Margot Lane * Joanne Rappaport * Elisabeth Girod * Jill S Schwartz * Han Andre Iluk * Winnie Lim * Lacy Campbell * Emile Demenge (?) * Glenn Auve * Anonymous * Raphael Surber * William Belanger * Barbara and Verena Meili * Daniel Gerster and friends * Felicitas Schneider * Andrea & Bruce Brown * Mark & Allie Williams * * Katherine & Edwin Kyle * David Talbot * Luc Delorme * Margrette Young * Susan Greek * Jane Clegg * Christina Julius * Niall Geraghty * Henrik Pedersen * Mark Cubit * Julie McIntyre * Mathias Staudt * Francesca Montuoro * Rob and Erma Oorthuizen * Rogier and Inge Brieko-Reubzaet * Kappeli Roman * Steven Cappuccio * Kathleen and John Forte * * * Gary & Lori Beard * Barbara & Wayne Hastings * John and Marilyn Nanna * Gerry & Karen Deighton * Gerry & Karen Deighton * Todd Sasaki and Krista Ingram * James Firmage * Mel and Leith Schmidt * Erninga Viscita Manzo * Julianne Cavalieri * Butterfield and Robinson * Allison Ohlsen * Mary Kelly * Carla Bonetti * Peter Lieser * Tammachat Natural Textiles * Peggy Horn * Helen Tinsley * Graeme J. Watkins * Robert family * Holly Gage * Penny Wilcox * Wsm Van Bekhoven * Karlijn van Hoek * James Zwier * Bettina Habermaun * Jynne Martin * Helvetas / RISE * Richard Williams * Exotissimo Travel company * Ronald Burt * Chanti Chantavong * Elizabeth Mann * Lindsay Thompson * Kristen Fry * Richard Haverland * Neil Funk * Pascale Pouzet * Christina Boyce * United States Embassy in Laos * Linda Hale * Margaret Moore * Susanah Mead * Carey Rogers * Barb Larser * Jennifer Anne Lederer * Wayne Wing (Chu) * Lawrence Chee * Xavier and Melissa Martinez * Karen Moen * Bodo Peters * Christopher Yeo * Allee & Bridwell families * Stephen Smith * Diana Loepfe and Martina Kueng * Denise Martin and Louise Voets * Tony Siracusa * Shane Shedden * Dunannie School (Bedales Schools), Petersfield, UK * Dunannie School (Bedales Schools), Petersfield, UK * Art Stoeberl * Kent Mitchell * First Grade Class at Canadian Academy, Kobe, Japan * Josephine Ong Kui Hua and Ong So Eng * Meryl & Bill Lowrie * Global Fund for Children * Keith Rodwell * To * Sander And Wanda * Kara Kogachi and Nick Mrozowski * Sasha Alyson * Anonymous * Ronald Burt * Meg Carstens & Daniel Gotvald * Jenna Maerz * Greta Hjerto * Amber Hoffman * Bethany Clark * Art Evans * Helen Dickinson * Ivan Zorloni * Justin Oswald * Helen Schneider * Evan Blanco * Nat & Marcy Smith * John Tinto * Roger Burrows * Jeff Katz * Doris Schafer-Rothhaupt * Sarah Burton * Bhavine Sugarin * Richard Seltzer * Carlos Terra * Danae Hudson * Michelle Sowden * Michael Donovan * In memory of Robert E. Agger * Edmund Cibas * Michael Hulton * Sally Suchor * Timothy Watson * Gabrielle Cliff Hodges * Douglas Smith * Richard Edkins * David Millar * Peter Capp * Roseville College * Paddy Woodworth * Hilda Banz * Bruce Anderson * Greg Ladner * Amy & Turgay Yildizli * Susan Watts Day * Kids in the World * Charla Marshall * Judith Fenton * Tricia Sharpe * Gary Murtag * Tessa Alie and Guus * Peregrine Travel * Laurie Kraniak * Vasanthi & Gerald Elder * Tim law and San Austen * Simon Barnes * Heather Williams * Javan Van Gronigen * Yuklin Aloli * * Richard Mueller * Lyn Collins * Karen Zotter * Ron Dolton * Elizabeth Brooks * Philipp Oswald Eichenberger * Claire Bishop * Andrea Best * Colin Cotterill and Books for Laos * Perri Black * David Anouk * Thea Hinde * Sanne and Rinske * Robin & Annette Holcomb * Luang Say Cruises * Roger Harmon * Sebastien * Rui Pereira * Deborah Edwards * Darlene Oppel * Michelle Burke * Tracy Downing * Marsha Canick * Jacqueline Rees * Alisa & Ben Smith * Shane and Elizabeth Anderson * Susan Erskine * Kristina Anderson * Mandy McFadyen * Jean-Paul Chaussade * Grade 8 LEAP, Calvin Park Public School, Kingston, Canada * Lisa Buggy * Teresa & Rudy Weissenmayer * Mike & Jeanette Bloor * Daryl Lowe * Larry & Avia Separovich * Canadian Embassy Officer's Club, Washington, D.C. * Rohan Papillo * Debora Lewis * Vicki Roberts * Jenny Skene * Matt Scanlon * * Laurie Hill * Ray Faulkner and Carlos Terra * Krysten Kimmett * Lydia Kinda * Vanessa Barratt * Emma Walters * Sheena Ashford-Tait * * Nick Hubbard * Claudia Schulz and friends * Soutkita Reagan * Ray Faulkner and Carlos Terra * Winnie Tan * Mike & Jeanette Bloor * David and Viv * Shelley Crooks * Lisa Mccowan * Daniel and Kelsey Stiefvater * Lorraine Sterry * Jan Timmermans * Barbara & Req Brack * Joanne and Jon Burchell * Ngoi-mui (Monica) Tan * Nicolas & Kyla Glustien * Mercedes Alonso and friends * Beate Sykes * * R.J. Bass * Alisa & Ben Smith * Nancy Fernandez * Kristoffer Aagren * Simon Gemmrich * Bengier Foundation * Joyce and Jack Peters * Peter Westhorp * Peter Westhorp * Peter & Nyssa of Australia * Adam Kightley * Butterfield and Robinson * Sarah Mathers * Susan McCaw * Ann Franich * Brian Tan and Zicasso Tours * Lois Cox * Peter A.U.D. Laan and Yvonne. A.C.U. Nooy * Fiona Paterson * Richard Bisk * Kathleen * Christina Holger Schill * Glenn Dolding * Jason Rolan and Northeast Travel Service * Luke Martinez * Colin Cotterill and Books for Laos * Nikki Jansz * David Millar * Arne Bergo & Ada Rudskjaer * Nigel Baxter * Stephanie & Loil Lecuyer * Catheljine Denekamp * Lyle and Agnes Schaller * Lyle and Agnes Schaller * Richard LaCroix * Helen Walker * John & Robin Millar * Nick Rylance & Fermin Garcia-Romeu * Staheli Marbin * Jordan Libit * * Carry Krens * Peter Whittlesey * Karinke & Lucas Jonkman * Frederic Chies * Steve & Penny Beagley * Gro Dohl * Bill O'Rourke & Jen Brightling * Roger & Karen Womersley * Yvonne Thomsen * Michael Willhoite * Joe Rasberry * Steven Gailliaert * Anonymous * Ted Nierras * Ton Krijnen * Julie McIntyre * Kim Gibson * Jo Kelly * Sally Pryor * Constance Drabble * Brian Price * Jim & Libby Litchfield * Lowie and Eve Poels * Marcus * Perri Black * Nicole Zimmerman * Mrs. Lex Lees * David Fitzgerald * Trish Long * Julien Delatte * Lynn Sonfield * Lara Stuart's class at Vientiane Int'l School * Mrs. E. Melvin * Katherine Marsh * Brittany Bisk * Don Favareau * Mathew Thall * Barbara & Wes Warren

Most village children still have no access to books. Come see what happens at a book party. Will you sponsor one for just $250-$400 U.S.?

Ongoing help

Several individuals and organizations have provided long-term and ongoing support that has been invaluable. We would especially like to thank:

Planet Wheeler, in Australia, created by the founders of the Lonely Planet guides, which has provided financial support to reach far more villages than we did before.

Global Fund for Children, in Washington, searches out locally-based organizations, often early in their development, and provides funding when it truly makes a difference.

The Laos Literacy Project, set up through the volunteer efforts of Ray Faulkner, Carlos Terra, and Leah Camhi in Boston (USA), helps us raise funds abroad.

The Language Project in Luang Prabang provides valuable resources for young people here in Laos: free computer use, a library of carefully-selected books, opportunities to photography skills, and more. We have greatly benefitted from our interaction with them.

Manoj Paul, who has chosen to share a substantial portion of his income to help children he's never met. After a decade marked by excessive greed in too much of the world, we are grateful for the support of a few special people, such as Manoj, and the Schallers, which has allowed us to reach twice as many children as we otherwise could.

Lyle and Agnes Schaller, whose support in many ways continues to make a difference.

Jane Burren, the Big Brother Mouse representative in Australia, for ongoing help whenever and however it is needed: writing, fundraising, solving computer problems, linking us with supporters, and a lot of generally good ideas.

Colin Cotterill, of England and Thailand, who was working hard to get more books into Laos long before Big Brother Mouse existed, and who generously used his large network to help us increase ours. He writes great books and does other things to help people in Laos; if you like Big Brother Mouse, you'll enjoy visiting his website.

A special thank-you to the Wikipedia Community

Like many people, I was skeptical when I heard that someone had started an on-line encyclopedia where anyone could write articles. But it works. Simply as a source of high-quality photos and drawings, Wikipedia has been invaluable for us, as we begin to publish more non-fiction for Lao readers of all ages. But the articles are equally valuable -- and often more accurate than what I've found in reference books from major publishers. A system of safeguards within Wiki has not only created a important new reference, but has demonstrated the power of dedicated volunteers with a vision. Just as Wikipedia has helped many others around the world to pursue widely different goals, it's helping us publish more books, and better books, here in Laos. To all of you responsible, Thank you! -Sasha Alyson, founder and adviser, Big Brother Mouse