A: Hey, did you hear about something fun?
B: No, what's up?
A: There's this amazing ship in western Japan, it's a library for kids called "Children's Book Ship Honnomori gou". Guess who designed and donated it?
B: Is that Ando Tadao, the famous architect?
A: Yup! It started operating in April. On Tuesday, some kids from Ogijima island sailed to Naoshima on this ship to meet students there.
B: Oh, cool! So they've only interacted online before, right?
A: Exactly! They met each other for the first time. They shared favorite books, read together, and even held a quiz event at a local school on Naoshima.
B: That sounds like fun! I wonder what they thought of each other in person.
A: Well, a fourth grader from Ogijima was amazed by the size of the school on Naoshima and hopes their friends will visit Ogijima next time. A sixth grader from Naoshima said she was happy to finally meet kids from Ogijima and was pleasantly surprised by how lively they were.
B: No, what's up?
A: There's this amazing ship in western Japan, it's a library for kids called "Children's Book Ship Honnomori gou". Guess who designed and donated it?
B: Is that Ando Tadao, the famous architect?
A: Yup! It started operating in April. On Tuesday, some kids from Ogijima island sailed to Naoshima on this ship to meet students there.
B: Oh, cool! So they've only interacted online before, right?
A: Exactly! They met each other for the first time. They shared favorite books, read together, and even held a quiz event at a local school on Naoshima.
B: That sounds like fun! I wonder what they thought of each other in person.
A: Well, a fourth grader from Ogijima was amazed by the size of the school on Naoshima and hopes their friends will visit Ogijima next time. A sixth grader from Naoshima said she was happy to finally meet kids from Ogijima and was pleasantly surprised by how lively they were.
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