The Librarian of BasraThe Librarian of Basra

Alia Muhammad Baker is a librarian in Basra, Iraq. For fourteen years, the library where she works 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.
Celebrated author-illustrator Jeanette Winter weaves a hopeful tale of one woman's courageous book rescue in this true story of one librarian's remarkable bravery, which reminds us all how, throughout the world, the love of literature and the respect for knowledge knows no boundaries.--Publisher.