Cosmic Cats, partially written by Kennington primary school students, will help towards setting up the first public library in West Kenya.
School children have marked World Book Day by writing a book that will raise funds towards a community library in West Kenya.
The project is jointly lead by Abingdon based charity The Nasio Trust and Oxford author Sylvia Vetta.The Nasio Trust founder Nancy Mudenyo Hunt said a library at the rural county of Kakamega would be "life-changing" for the communityMrs Vetta said the idea behind the book was that children from both countries write about a subject they would be "happy with".
"The community we support has no access to books, computers or even a basic space where they can sit and read," she said.
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