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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| 100 | 1 | |a Winter, Jeanette. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The librarian of Basra : |b a true story from Iraq / |c written & illustrated by Jeanette Winter. |
| 260 | |a Orlando, Fla. : |b Harcourt, Inc., |c c2005. | ||
| 300 | |a 1 v. (unpaged) : |b col. ill. ; |c 28 cm. | ||
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Baker, Alia Muhammad |v Juvenile nonfiction. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Librarians |z Iraq |z Basrah |v Biography |v Juvenile. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Libraries |x Destruction and pillage |z Iraq |z Basra |v Juvenile nonfiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Iraq War, 2003 |v Juvenile nonfiction. | |
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