The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq

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The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq
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Series: Biographical
Genres: Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction, Picture Books
Tags: Ages 3-5, Ages 5-8
ASIN: 0152054456
ISBN: 0152054456

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.

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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 knows no boundaries.

Illustrated by Jeanette Winter in bright acrylic and ink.

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