The camel bookmobile

Fiona Sweeney wants to do something that matters, and she chooses to make her mark in the arid bush of northeastern Kenya. By helping to start a traveling library, she hopes to bring the words of Homer, Hemingway, and Dr. Seuss to far-flung tiny communities where people live daily with drought, hung...

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Main Author: Hamilton, Masha
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper Perennial, 2008.
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