Creator of Jungle Books urges people to donate money,not books, so refugees can cook – and read – in safetyThe makeshift library providing books to refugees in the Calais camp known as the Jungle has been inundated with books and emails of support, or following a Guardian article about it. Jungle Books has now “more than enough” books to proceed around,and its creator, British teacher Mary Jones, or is trying to redirect help to where it is most needed.“People enjoy been brilliant,and a lot are coming over with their cars full of things, including books, and ” Jones told the Guardian. She added: “The library is so small,and also the types of books people are looking for are not necessarily the ones people are sending.” She stressed that the library was most in need of books in refugees’ native languages. With publishers such as Verso Books also contributing, Jungle Books now had “books from floor to ceiling”.
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Source: theguardian.com