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

Edition First edition Published Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, Inc., [2005] ©2005

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Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm regular print Series New Items Summary Alia Muhammad Baker is a librarian in Basra, Iraq. For fourteen years, the library where she works 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 Analysis juvenile Nonfiction Notes Premier's Reading Challenge (PRC), 3-5 640 Lexile Audience Elementary Grade Notes Accelerated Reader 3.2 Reading Counts! 3.4 Amelia Bloomer Award, 2006 Middle East Book Award Honor, 2005 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2006 Subject Baker, Alia Muhammad -- Juvenile literature. SUBJECT Baker, Alia Muhammad. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004030303 Subject Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Juvenile literature. Iraq War, 2003-2011. Librarians -- Iraq -- Baá¹£rah -- Biography -- Juvenile literature Librarians -- Iraq -- Baṣrah -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Librarians -- Iraq -- Barsrah -- Biography -- Juvenile literature Librarians. Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- Iraq -- Baá¹£rah -- Juvenile literature Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- Iraq -- Baṣrah -- Juvenile literature. Libraries. Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- Iraq -- Barsrah -- Juvenile literature Iraq War, 2003-2011. Librarians -- Iraq -- Baṣrah -- Biography. Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- Iraq -- Baṣrah. Genre/Form Picture books. Biographies. LC no. 2004012969 ISBN 0152054456 1415575274 9780152054458 9781415575277

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