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The librarian of Basra : a true story from Iraq
- Title
- The librarian of Basra : a true story from Iraq / written & illustrated by Jeanette Winter.
- Author
- Winter, Jeanette.
- Publication
- Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, Inc., ©2005.
- Supplementary Content
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | J PIC W | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 05-1164 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations; 28 cm
- 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.
- Subject
- Baker, Alia Muhammad > Juvenile literature
- Baker, Alia Muhammad
- Iraq War (2003-2011)
- 2003-2011
- Librarians > Iraq > Baṣrah > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Libraries > Destruction and pillage > Iraq > Baṣrah > Juvenile literature
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Juvenile literature
- Librarians > Iraq > Baṣrah > Biography
- Libraries > Destruction and pillage > Iraq > Baṣrah
- Iraq War, 2003
- Librarians
- Libraries > Destruction and pillage
- Iraq
- Iraq > Baṣrah
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- Juvenile works.
- Picture books.
- Awards (note)
- Middle East Book Award Honor, 2005
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2006.
- Amelia Bloomer Award, 2006
- Call Number
- JFF 05-1164
- ISBN
- 0152054456
- 9780152054458
- 1415575274
- 9781415575277
- LCCN
- 2004012969
- 9780152054458
- OCLC
- 55658292
- Author
- Winter, Jeanette.
- Title
- The librarian of Basra : a true story from Iraq / written & illustrated by Jeanette Winter.
- Imprint
- Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, Inc., ©2005.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Awards
- Middle East Book Award Honor, 2005Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2006.Amelia Bloomer Award, 2006
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
- 2003-2011
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9780152054458
- Research Call Number
- JFF 05-1164