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Name: My Librarian Is a Camel : How Books Are Brought to Children Around the World
Author: Ruurs, Margriet
ISBN: [978-1-59078-093-0,1-59078-093-0]

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My Librarian Is a Camel : How Books Are Brought to Children Around the World

Author: Ruurs, Margriet

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Follett Number: 22418R4
Audience: Upper Elementary
Publisher: Boyds Mills, 2005
Format: 30 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 27 cm
ISBN-13: 978-1-59078-093-0
ISBN-10: 1-59078-093-0
Dewey: 027.4
Classifications: Nonfiction

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Books and Reading

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Traveling Libraries

Includes bibliographical references. Contains photographs, information, and personal stories about mobile libraries and their young patrons in countries around the world, showing some of the unique ways by which books are delivered, including boat, camel, and elephant.

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CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF PUBLICATION! "With little information available about libraries of the world, this title offers a glimpse into the world of books, which several countries consider as important as air or water. This might be an interesting revelation to many students who consider reading a laborious task and to those who take an abundance of books very much for granted." -- School Library Journal Do you get books from a public library in your town or even in your school library? In many remote areas of the world, there are no library buildings. In many countries, books are delivered in unusual way: by bus, boat, elephant, donkey, train, even by wheelbarrow. Why would librarians go to the trouble of packing books on the backs of elephants or driving miles to deliver books by bus? Because, as one librarian in Azerbaijan says, "Books are as important to us as air or water!" This is the intriguing photo essay, a celebration of books, readers, and libraries.

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