The librarian of Basra, a true story from Iraq, written & illustrated by Jeanette Winter
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Label
The librarian of Basra, a true story from Iraq, written & illustrated by Jeanette Winter
Language
eng
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The librarian of Basra
Oclc number
55658292
Responsibility statement
written & illustrated by Jeanette Winter
Sub title
a true story from Iraq
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
Target audience
juvenile
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Subject
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