Menu Help Tips . These were some of the things that Melva Jackson learned when she went to Cuba for seven days in March as part of a delegation of school librarians. The dedication to reading that the Cuban people showed despite poverty and a lack of materials was inspiring, she said.
Books are treasures to the Cuban people.
When a book is printed, the country's 400 library branches get them first, but when they do go on sale, they are snapped up. The average book costs 30 cents. Jackson was in Cuba as part of a 13-member People to People Ambassadors delegation of school librarians. A retired Philadelphia school librarian, Jackson works at Bristol Borough's Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library and the Bensalem Library. People to People was founded by the late President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956 as a way to promote understanding through cultural and professional exchanges.