The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq Hardcover - 2005
by Winter, Jeanette
- Used
In war-stricken Iraq where civilians--especially women--have little power, a librarian in Basra struggles to save her community's priceless collection of books.
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Details
- Title The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq
- Author Winter, Jeanette
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition; F
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 32
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Clarion Books, New York
- Date January 1, 2005
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # R02Q-01154
- ISBN 9780152054458 / 0152054456
- Weight 0.82 lbs (0.37 kg)
- Dimensions 10.98 x 8.36 x 0.36 in (27.89 x 21.23 x 0.91 cm)
- Ages 04 to 07 years
- Grade levels P - 2
- Reading level 640
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 21st Century
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Heroes, Real-Life
- Library of Congress subjects Iraq War, 2003-, Libraries
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004012969
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Summary
--Alia Muhammad Baker
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.
Includes an author's note.
*From the New York Times, July 27, 2003
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- Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2005, Page 407
- Ingram Children's Advance, 01/01/2005, Page 53
- Kirkus Review - Children, 12/15/2004, Page 1211
- Multicultural Review, 09/01/2005, Page 107
- Publishers Weekly, 12/20/2004, Page 57
- School Library Journal, 01/01/2005, Page 118
