Visiting Liepa public library

Since in Karachi we used to have a book club meeting on Wednesday mornings (we miss our friends!!!), we decided to turn our Wednesday mornings into library visits in Latvia. Liepa, where our Vecmamma (grandmother) lives, has a nice public library with quite a large section for kids. Books are in Latvian, of course, but that does not prevent us from lenjoying them and borrowing them. Even Asma loves borrowing the baby books from the library!

At home, Mamma reads them for us, translating the text into English as she reads. Sometimes, with easier books, we have a different type of reading sessions: Mamma reads the page in Latvian, we try to relate to her in English what we have understood, and then she translates for us the page into English. This way, we sharpen our ear for the Latvian language (and learn some more of it!) and can check, how much of the text we have actually understood in first attempt. In the photos below, you can see us in the library.