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Hands around the library protecting Egypt's treasured books

Documents the inspiring January 2011 story about how thousands of Egypt's students, library workers, and demonstrators joined hands around the great Library of Alexandria to protect the building and the freedom it represents.

Main Author: Roth, Susan L.
Other Authors: Abouraya, Karen Leggett.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2012.
Subjects:
Aliksāndrīnā (Library) > History > Juvenile nonfiction.
Libraries > Egypt > Alexandria > Juvenile nonfiction.
Libraries > Destruction and pillage > Egypt > Alexandria > Juvenile nonfiction.
Cultural property > Protection > Juvenile nonfiction.
Egypt > History > 21st century > Juvenile nonfiction.
Summary: Documents the inspiring January 2011 story about how thousands of Egypt's students, library workers, and demonstrators joined hands around the great Library of Alexandria to protect the building and the freedom it represents.
Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 28 cm.
ISBN: 9780803737471 (hardcover)
0803737475 (hardcover)
Author Notes: Susan L. Roth is the author and/or illustrator of more than forty books for children, including the New York Times bestseller Listen to the Wind . She lives in Queens, New York.

Karen Leggett Abouraya is a radio and print journalist, specializing in children's literature. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

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