Glendora Girl Gathers 1,000 Books For Library in Ghana

Brooklin Carri, 9, of Glendora says she loves to read and wants to open her own bookstore one day.

But the young girl is getting started by helping to establish a library thousands of miles away in a village in Ghana.

Carri, with the help of some family, friends, and generous donors, gathered 1,000 children’s books to send to the African Library Project.

The organization will use the books to start a library in a village in Ghana, where resources and funds for literacy programs are limited.

In three months, Carri gathered the 1,000 books by posting fliers, approaching her mother’s Mommy and Me group and her Girls Scouts troupe.

“Doing this made me feel great,” said Carri. “Because I love reading, and I get to share it with people in another country.”