BIBLIOTECA DE LOS SUEÑOS (LIBRARY OF DREAMS) IBBY EL SALVADOR

IBBY El Salvador, one of USBBY’s Twinning Partners, has the opportunity to build a permanent library in Santa Domingo de Guzman, a semi-rural area with a primarily indigenous population.  The local income in the area is below the national average and literacy rate is low.  Award-winning Salvadorian author Jorge Argueta conceived and founded the Library of Dreams to increase literacy and promote a love of reading for children.

Currently housed in a temporary facility, the programs include:

• Read-in and lending library
• 3X weekly read-aloud and story-telling events for children
• Reading instruction for children
• Safe place for children to go
• Educator training, working with local schools

​This PowerPoint describes in words and images the wonderful programs of the library.  

IBBY and USBBY’s commitment to building bridges through children’s literature has no greater manifestation than helping to create safe, inspiring educational sanctuaries of literacy for the young people of the world.  Thank you to our members who have already donated to this worthy cause. We appreciate your support of this project. 

Click here to donate to the Library of Dreams.