Creating Room to Read - Info and Reading Options
a story of hope in the battle for global literacy
By Wood, John
"Creating Room to Read" was published by Viking in 2012 - New York, it has 290 pages and the language of the book is English.
“Creating Room to Read” Metadata:
- Title: Creating Room to Read
- Author: Wood, John
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 290
- Publisher: Viking
- Publish Date: 2012
- Publish Location: New York
“Creating Room to Read” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Room to Read (Organization) - Literacy programs - Education - Education, asia - Education, africa - Organization - Libraries
- Places: Africa - Asia
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: p. cm.
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL25339825M - OL16664456W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 794838386
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2012019125
- ISBN-13: 9780670025985
- All ISBNs: 9780670025985
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"Creating Room to Read" Table Of Contents:
- 1- Introduction: ten years, ten thousand libraries!
- 2- Bold goals attract bold people
- 3- A kilogram of gold
- 4- The lottery of life
- 5- Blame it on Bahundanda
- 6- Helping others help themselves: the challenge grant model
- 7- GSD: building a world class team
- 8- The tsunami: one year after
- 9- "No Range Rovers": the war on overhead
- 10- Searching for Seuss
- 11- Baby fish goes to school
- 12- Betrayal, theft, and sleepless nights
- 13- "I was in grade two when our school was burned down"
- 14- "Sorry, but your money has been stolen"
- 15- "We picked up the phone to call for help"
- 16- Nine books last night
- 17- On her narrow shoulders rest a family's dreams
- 18- Mr. X and Mr. Zilch
- 19- Now departing for Cambodia: literacy one
- 20- Frantic footsteps in the night
- 21- The world's tallest fund-raising thermometer
- 22- "Whose version of the future will win?"
- 23- Boat to read
- 24- "If you cannot read, school can be a torture"
- 25- "With smiling face, my three cows are completely pregnant"
- 26- Mr. Poet and Miss Library.
"Creating Room to Read" Description:
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The inspirational story of a former Microsoft executive's quest to build libraries around the world and share the love of books. He strove to bring the lessons of the corporate world to the nonprofit sector--and succeeded spectacularly. Now, he explains his vision and the story of his startup.
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