Search Results: Returned 16 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 16
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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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2006., Adolescent, Scholastic Call No: 940.53 OPP Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: In the early 1940s, Clara Breed was the children's librarian at the San Diego Public Library. But she was also friend to dozens of Japanese American children and teens when war broke out in December of 1941. The story of what happened to these American citizens is told through letters that her young friends wrote to Miss Breed during their internment. This librarian and humanitarian served as a lifeline to these imprisoned young people, and was brave enough to speak out against a shameful chapter in American history.
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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.
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By Ready, Dee1998., Bridgestone Books Call No: 023 .2 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Community helpersSummary Note: Explains the tools, schooling, and work of librarians.
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c2001., Primary, Compass Point Books Call No: 020 .92 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Community workers
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2013., Primary, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Call No: 020.92 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In the late 1800s, many librarians did not allow children to touch books or bring them home, since "they would surely forget to bring them back." Anne Carroll Moore disagreed, and essentially invented the children's library.
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2013., Primary, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children Call No: 020.92 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In the late 1800s, many librarians did not allow children to touch books or bring them home, since "they would surely forget to bring them back." Anne Carroll Moore disagreed, and essentially invented the children's library.
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2005., Primary, Boyds Mills Press Call No: 027.4 RUU Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In different countries of the world, librarians deliver books by truck, mail, wheelbarrow, boat, bicycle, camel, horse-drawn wagon, and more.
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2005., Primary, Boyds Mills Press Call No: 027.4 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In different countries of the world, librarians deliver books by truck, mail, wheelbarrow, boat, bicycle, camel, horse-drawn wagon, and more.
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2005., Juvenile, Boyds Mills Call No: 027.4 2 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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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c2005., Juvenile, Boyd Mills Press Call No: 027.4 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes how librarians in countries around the world get books to the children by bus, boat, elephant, donkey, camel, train, or by wheelbarrow.
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By Austen, Maryc2016., Primary, PowerKids Press Call No: ENF 020 .92 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Helping the community.Summary Note: Gives a glimpse of libraries filled with books, music, movies, computers, and activities, and shows how librarians help people make use of libraries.
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c2015., Primary, Rosen Publishing : PowerKids Press Call No: 027.8 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Jobs in my school.Summary Note: Introduces young readers to the job that library media specialists do in schools, explaining the tasks they perform and the skills needed to be a library media specialist.
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c2010., Juvenile, Cherry Lake Pub. Call No: 027 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: 21st century junior library