Our 15,000th member...

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Wed, 2007-11-07 15:33

... is called Rachel Mbulwa Mangeli and she works in a Children's Library in Mombassa, Kenya. Isn't that wonderful? The internationalism of the internet always astounds and pleases me.

You can read her first children's story here:

http://www.abctales.com/story/rachel-mbulwa-mangeli/python-and-his-broke...

Wed, 2007-11-07 17:06

maddan

Does she get a prize?

Fri, 2007-11-09 10:26

tcook

Sadly no - but we will regard her with great affection!

Sat, 2007-11-10 16:47

Yan2

awww... :D In wine, poetry or virtue, as you wish, but enivrez-vous! The art is to be absolutely yourself -Charles Baudelaire. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmhEMPN7y1I

~It's a maze for rats to try, it's a race for rats to die.~

Sat, 2007-11-10 19:49

Lorraine_Mace

www.lorrainemace.com Her story is worth reading.

www.lorrainemace.com

Mon, 2007-11-12 10:30

tcook

And it occurred to me that she might be a person in need of children's books who could distribute them in Kenya. I have written to her today and we'll see if she wants some - and if she does then I'm sure we can organise a whip round!

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