MONGOLIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK AUTHOR TOURS IN INDIA

Ulaanbaatar, /MONTSAME/. Jambyn Dashdondog, Mongolian children’s books author is in New Delhi with an aim to make children fond of books.
In his native country, Dashdondog is known to bring joy to children through his “mobile library”. Author of 108 books, the author makes sure children even in the remotest part of his country have story books to relish. To achieve that end, Dashdondog does not mind riding a camel.
Travelling vast expanses of his country, with books in tow, Dashdondog wants to enable students in the countryside- the nomadic groups of Mongolia - to “spend their holidays reading books”.
He started the Mongolian Children’s Mobile Library project in 2002, with the help of many volunteers including students, writers and artists, as well as his own family.
Dashdondog is one of the delegates visiting Delhi for the International Conference on Children’s Libraries - Building a Book Culture - organised by the Association of Writers and Illustrators for Children (AWIC). “His mobile libraries on camel back and horse cart are interesting to look at,” said an AWIC official.
In fact, Dashdondog has won the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)-Asahi Reading Promotion Award in 2006. The award is given biennially to a project run by a group or an institution making a lasting contribution to promote reading among children and youth.
“He read children’s literature and started his efforts to translate these into Mongolian,” said the AWIC officials, organisation promoting reading habits in India. Dashdondog has spent 18 years loading his books on any means of transport - horses, cows, camels, reindeers or automobiles - to access rural areas with his mobile library.
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