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My librarian is a camel : how books are brought to children around the world / Margriet Ruurs. --
Text and photographs, some taken by librarians themselves, depict mobile libraries serving remote areas of the world, including the mountains of Thailand, the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, and rural areas of Zimbabwe.
Record details
- ISBN: 1590780930
- ISBN: 9781590780930
- Physical Description: 30, [2] p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 x 27 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed. --
- Publisher: Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, 2005.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [32]). |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 21.00 |
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| Subject: | Traveling libraries > Juvenile literature. Librarians > Juvenile literature. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- Baker & Taylor
Introduces the many ways books are delivered to readers in different countries around the world, including by camel, bicycle, and wheelbarrow. - Baker & Taylor
An intriguing photo essay shows the many unconventional ways that librarians deliver books to children who live in remote areas, including by boat, bus, train, elephant, donkey, and even wheelbarrow. - Boyds Mills Pr
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. - Perseus PublishingDo 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.
- Random House, Inc.
"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." â 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.
