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  • The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq

    Jeanette Winter

    Paperback (HMH Books for Young Readers, Sept. 24, 2019)
    Alia Muhammad Baker’s library in Basra, Iraq, has been a meeting place for those who love books for the past fourteen years. Now war has come, and Alia fears that the library—along with the thirty thousand books within it—will be destroyed forever. In this incredible true story of a war-stricken country where civilians seem powerless in the face of battle, this feminist and inspirational tale about a librarian’s struggle to save her community’s priceless collection of books reminds us how, throughout the world, the love of literature can unite us all.
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  • The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq

    Jeanette Winter

    Hardcover (HMH Books for Young Readers, Jan. 1, 2005)
    "In the Koran, the first thing God said to Muhammad was 'Read.'"* --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. Illustrated by Jeanette Winter in bright acrylic and ink. Includes an author's note. *From the New York Times, July 27, 2003
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  • The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq

    Jeanette Winter

    eBook (HMH Books for Young Readers, April 29, 2014)
    "In the Koran, the first thing God said to Muhammad was 'Read.'"* --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. Illustrated by Jeanette Winter in bright acrylic and ink. Includes an author's note. *From the New York Times, July 27, 2003
  • The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq

    Jeanette Winter

    Hardcover (Harcourt Children's Books, Jan. 1, 2005)
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  • The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq

    Jeanette Winter

    Hardcover (HMH Books for Young Readers, Jan. 1, 2005)
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  • The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq

    Jeanette Winter

    (HMH Books for Young Readers, Jan. 1, 2005)
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