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The librarian of Basra a true story from Iraq

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 whe...

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Main Author: Winter, Jeanette.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, Inc., c2005.
Subjects:
Baker, Alia Muhammad > Juvenile nonfiction.
Librarians > Iraq > Basrah > Biography > Juvenile.
Libraries > Destruction and pillage > Iraq > Basra > Juvenile nonfiction.
Iraq War, 2003 > Juvenile nonfiction.
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.
Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
ISBN: 0152054456
Author Notes: Jeanette Winter has written and/or illustrated over a dozen children's books, including "Calavera Abecedario" and "The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq," as well as biographies of Diego Rivera, Johann Sebastian Bach and Georgia O'Keeffe among others.

Winter is celebrated for her distinctive painting style, picture design, and usage of brilliant colors. She has received the American Illustrators Guild Award twice.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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