Daily Archives: May 9, 2019


The Horse That Acts Like A Library

While some of us have to go to our local library, in a village in Indonesia, the library comes to you.

Called Kudapustaka (Horse Library), three days a week Ridwan Sururi and his horse, Luna, go to visit villages and schools.

The best part is, Ridwan is not looking for money to read his books, but really operates it as a library.

From BBC

Illiteracy in Indonesia has been a massive issue however in recent years the numbers have dropped drastically due to interventions.

Is Luna his? Nope! Luna belongs to a neighbor who doesn’t notice the horse missing so off Luna and Sururi go to help spread the written word.

Just like all of us book lovers, Sururi dreams to have his own library one day, but for now is settling on the goal of owning his own horse and keeping up his amazing work.

Read a full story here!

For another adorable mobile library, check out the BurroMobile in Colombia!