The librarian of Basra : a true story from Iraq /
Winter, Jeanette.
The librarian of Basra : a true story from Iraq / written & illustrated by Jeanette Winter. - Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, Inc., c2005. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
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.
0152054456
9780152054458
2004012969
Baker, Alia Muhammad--Juvenile literature.
Librarians--Iraq--Baṣrah--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Libraries--Destruction and pillage--Iraq--Baṣrah.--Juvenile literature.
Iraq War, 2003-2011.--Juvenile literature.
Z720.B24 / W56 2005
The librarian of Basra : a true story from Iraq / written & illustrated by Jeanette Winter. - Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, Inc., c2005. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
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.
0152054456
9780152054458
2004012969
Baker, Alia Muhammad--Juvenile literature.
Librarians--Iraq--Baṣrah--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Libraries--Destruction and pillage--Iraq--Baṣrah.--Juvenile literature.
Iraq War, 2003-2011.--Juvenile literature.
Z720.B24 / W56 2005