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===South America=== * The [[Biblioburro]] is a mobile library by which Colombian teacher Luis Soriano and his two donkeys, Alfa and Beto, bring books to children in rural villages twice a week. [[CNN]] chose Soriano as one of their 2010 Heroes of the Year.<ref name="riot" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thegalleryofheroes.com/luis-soriano/|agency=CNN|work=The Gallery of Heroes|title=Luis Soriano|date=November 2014|access-date=1 April 2013|archive-date=1 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601020641/http://www.thegalleryofheroes.com/luis-soriano/|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref name="pbs">{{cite web |url=http://archive.pov.org/biblioburro/bookmobile/ |title=A History of the Bookmobile |date=July 19, 2011 |website=PBS |access-date=October 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190313151431/http://archive.pov.org/biblioburro/bookmobile/ |archive-date=13 March 2019}}</ref> * In [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina, Raul Lemesoff transformed a 1979 Ford Falcon into a bookmobile to look like a military tank.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Griffis |first=Kelcee |date=2015-03-06 |title=Weapon of Mass Instruction: Artist Unveils Tank-Shaped Bookmobile to Promote Reading |url=https://mymodernmet.com/raul-lemesoff-tank-bookmobile/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=My Modern Met |language=en}}</ref> The book tank is equipped with a swiveling turret, a non-functioning gun, and built-in shelves to hold over 900 books.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=A |first=Alex |date=2016-03-09 |title=Weapon of Mass Instruction: Argentinian Artist converted a 1979 Ford Falcon into a bookmobile and went on to "spread the word" {{!}} The Vintage News |url=https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/03/09/weapon-mass-instruction-argentinian-artist-converted-1979-ford-falcon-bookmobile-went-spread-word/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=thevintagenews |language=en}}</ref> Lemesoff created the travelling library in 2015 on World Book Day to spread the printed word with free books all around urban and rural areas of Argentina. Lemesoff’s motto is “Peace through literature.” He labeled the mobile tank his “weapon of mass instruction.”<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" />
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