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The librarian of Basra : a true story from Iraq / written & illustrated by Jeanette Winter.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, Inc., c2005.Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 0152054456
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Z720.B24 W56 2005
Online resources: Summary: Alia Muhammad Baker is a librarian in Basra, Iraq. For fourteen years, her library has been a meeting place for those who love books. Until now. Now war has come, and Alia fears that the library--along with the thirty thousand books within it--will be destroyed forever. In a war-stricken country where civilians--especially women--have little power, this true story about a librarian's struggle to save her community's priceless collection of books reminds us all how, throughout the world, the love of literature and the respect for knowledge know no boundaries.
List(s) this item appears in: Middle East Book Award
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Juvenile Collection Juvenile Collection Albright College Library Juvenile Fiction and Non-Fiction Children's collection J 020.92 W785ß (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 31856002128682
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Alia Muhammad Baker is a librarian in Basra, Iraq. For fourteen years, her library has been a meeting place for those who love books. Until now. Now war has come, and Alia fears that the library--along with the thirty thousand books within it--will be destroyed forever. In a war-stricken country where civilians--especially women--have little power, this true story about a librarian's struggle to save her community's priceless collection of books reminds us all how, throughout the world, the love of literature and the respect for knowledge know no boundaries.

Middle East book award, honorable mention, picture book category.

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