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The librarian of Basra : a true story from Iraq Cover Image Book Book

The librarian of Basra : a true story from Iraq / written & illustrated by Jeanette Winter.

Winter, Jeanette, (author.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0152054456
  • ISBN: 9780605000360
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
  • Publisher: Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, Inc., [2005]

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  • 13 of 13 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Columbia Gorge Community College. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Columbia Gorge Community College Library.

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