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[2016], Pre-adolescent, The Child's World Call No: 020 .092 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: True stories, real peopleSummary Note: "[Relates the] story of Alia Muhammad Baker, a librarian who preserved Iraq's history by saving thousands of books from being destroyed during the Iraq War."--Provided by publisher.
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2004., Juvenile, Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House Call No: B ALIA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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c2004., Juvenile, Harcourt, Inc. Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Story of how the librarian saved the books in a town with war.
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c2005., Juvenile, Harcourt Call No: B Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Contributor biographical information Publisher description Series Title: Cat ResiliencySummary Note: During the Iraq War of 2003, librarian Alia Muhammad saves thirty thousand new and old books in her Basra library from destruction.
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c2005., Juvenile, Harcourt, Inc. Call No: Picture Book WIN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.