IU Books & Beyond is a University Student Organization at Indiana University Bloomington. We promote intercultural communication, literacy skills, advancement of education, and service-learning by engaging students in authoring, illustrating, publishing, and marketing a collection of short stories. 

Issues of this annual anthology are embargoed for two years after print publication in Rwanda.

Current Issue

Vol. 10 (2018)

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Published: 2022-07-22

Front Matter

TWIOH10 Cover

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Front Matter

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Project Support and Acknowledgements / UGUSHYIGIKIRA UMUSHINGA na MURAKOZE

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Table of Contents / Ibirimo

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A Note to Our Readers

Parker Henry

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Stories

Number Story

Dmitri, Eva, Kenda, Roman, Ryder

1-4

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Alphabet Story

Alan, Alex, Bean, Ceilidh, Cole, Daz, Esme, Ezra, Jacob, Jake, Jameson, Josephine, Lana, Mayela, Monty, Olivia, Reuven, River, Xander

5-15

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My First Friend

Cameron, Noah L., Tori, Zadyn, Zoey

16-18

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The First Time Seeing a Monkey

Asher, James, Lincoln, Kai'ava, Samuel, Kaimi

19-21

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The First Time Little Jimmy Lost a Tooth

Cooper, Dean, Kaden, Katie, Maddie, Phin

22-25

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Ava's First Haircut

Jasmine, Makya, Noah C., Aidan, Allie, Josie

26-29

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Jenny's First Time Going to the Playground / Inshuro ya Mbere Jenny Ajya ku Kibuga

Leo, Noah W., Veronica, Willa, Zoe W.; Simon Pierre Munyaneza

30-37

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My First Time Climbing a Tree / Inshuro ya Mbere Nurira Igiti

Elijah, Elora, Ella, Edyn; Simon Pierre Munyaneza

38-45

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My First Time Getting Chased by a Bear

Mayah, Nathan, Gavin, Hudson, Mindy, Orlando

46-51

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My First Time Getting Bullied / Inshuro ya Mbere Ubwo Nannyuzurwaga

Weston, Keller, Karlo, Karen, Grayson; Simon Pierre Munyaneza; Forrest

52-63

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My First Argument

AJ, Ally, Kira, Juan, Juli, Sami

64-69

My First Day in a Foreign Country

Olivia INGABIRE; Simon Pierre Munyaneza

70-73

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The First Day I Went into the Forest / Inshuro ya Mbere Njya mu Ishyamba

Grace MUTONI; Simon Pierre Munyaneza

74-79

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My First Time Going to the Market

Yvette IRATUZI; Simon Pierre Munyaneza

80-81

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A Story of an Elephant and a Mouse / Igitekerezo cy'Inzovu n'Imbeba

Irumva BOWASE ; Simon Pierre Munyaneza

82-87

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Mutoni and the Beast

Claudine NIYIGENA; Simon Pierre Munyaneza

88-90

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A Man's First Time Going to Visit an Elephant

Jeanette UMUHOZA; Simon Pierre Munyaneza

91-93

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A Husband, Wife, and Child / Umugabo, Umugore n'Abana

Divine KURADUSENGE; Simon Pierre Munyaneza

94-99

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The Lion and the Gorilla

Salvador NIYOMUGABO; Simon Pierre Munyaneza

100-103

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Back Matter

Glossary / Inyunguramagambo

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