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The Story Telling Project

Since 1998, Nomad International has provided support for building libraries and encouraging children to read books at schools in rural areas of northern Thailand, aiming at improving the reading environment. One of the activities is the "Story Telling Project", in which children themselves make original picture books, thus making good use of their reading experience.

	"Oh, Piggy has No Ear!" Piggy was a mischievous little pig. One day, when he met Rabbit, he threw away the carrot Rabbit was eating. Rabbit looked sad, and at that moment, a part of Piggy's ear began to disappear. Still, Piggy kept doing mischief, and Piggy's ear...

	"Old Witch Greedy-Guts" One day, when Elephant, Bear and their friends were playing happily, Bird flew to them in a rush. Bird told them that an old witch had put a spell on Cat and turned him into a frog. They knew that the old witch was a greedy guts. So they made a cake with laxative in it and tried to save the Cat...

	Sea-bule School The Sea-bule School is the school children of sea creatures go to. They enjoy going to school with their friends on a banana-boat and on other boats. Little Sharky drives a jet ski recklessly toward them...

	The Kind Tree and the Mischievous Eagle In the woods, there stands a Chom Phu (Pink Rosy Trumpet) named “Kind Tree” which has lots and lots of pink berries on it. Many animals gather around the tree. They have a great time in the tree playing music together. Brown Eagle comes there...

	Little Rascal Octopus Fish of various colors live happily in the sea. Among them is Little Rascal Octopus. He bullies his friends by spurting ink at them. Someone comes in front of him. It is ...

Buy original picture books and support programs to send Thai children books!

Original picture books are available for purchase. Each book costs 500 yen (postage not included). The proceeds of the sales go to the Library Project in Thailand. In Thailand, books cost about 250 yen. Your support is needed to keep the project going, and keep up the children's newfound interest in reading books.
For the purchase of the original picture books, please contact us.