I was recently in Nicaraugua and visited a community library for young people. The library

was started as a volunteer effort in the town of Granada and is not funded by local

government.

So I an hoping to collect books--mostly in Spanish--for young people. Does

anyone here have any books they'd like to donate? I am looking for early readers, picture

books, story books, fiction, poetry, etcetera. I'll be glad to pick up the books and can send them

to a U.S. address where they will be shipped to Granada.

This library has a great feel to it. The day I was there (in December), the kids were making and

decorating Christmas cookies. The library is a wonderful haven for young readers but getting enough

books on a steady basis is difficult.

Barbara Paull