My Librarian is a Camel

My Librarian is a Camel

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  • Author: Margriet Ruurs
  • Publisher: Astra Publishing House
  • ISBN: 1590780930
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 36

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.


Mi bibliotecaria es un camello (My Librarian is a Camel)

Mi bibliotecaria es un camello (My Librarian is a Camel)

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  • Author: Margriet Ruurs
  • Publisher: Astra Publishing House
  • ISBN: 1629795356
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : es
  • Pages : 33

Cuando pensamos en una biblioteca, nos imaginamos un edificio en una calle o tal vez una sala en una escuela. Pero algunas bibliotecas no están encerradas entre paredes. Algunas se mueven de un lugar a otro de formas increíbles: en autobús, barco, elefante, burro, tren o incluso en carretilla. Estas innovadoras bibliotecas móviles suelen ser la única manera de llevar libros a la gente que vive en lugares remotos, como las montañas de Tailandia, el desierto Gobi de Mongolia o las zonas rurales de Zimbabue. En lugares como estos, la llegada de las bibliotecas es un gran evento muy anticipado. Sin embargo, los libros nunca llegarían a la gente sin el duro trabajo y la dedicación de los bibliotecarios y voluntarios. Margriet Ruurs, escritora y educadora, se puso en contacto con bibliotecarios de todo el mundo y les pidió que compartieran historias de sus bibliotecas. En muchos casos, los voluntarios y los bibliotecarios tomaron sus cámaras fotográficas y retrataron las caras felices de los niños al recibir los libros. El resultado es este ensayo fotográfico inspirador que celebra los libros, a los lectores y a los bibliotecarios. ¿Por qué los bibliotecarios se toman la molestia de empacar libros en el lomo de un elefante o manejar durante millas para llevar los libros en autobús? Porque, como dice un bibliotecario de Azerbaiyán, “la biblioteca móvil es tan importante como el aire o el agua”.


The Camel Bookmobile

The Camel Bookmobile

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  • Author: Masha Hamilton
  • Publisher: Harper Collins
  • ISBN: 0061871494
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 338

Fiona Sweeney wants to do something that matters, and she chooses to make her mark in the arid bush of northeastern Kenya. By helping to start a traveling library, she hopes to bring the words of Homer, Hemingway, and Dr. Seuss to far-flung tiny communities where people live daily with drought, hunger, and disease. Her intentions are honorable, and her rules are firm: due to the limited number of donated books, if any one of them is not returned, the bookmobile will not return. But, encumbered by her Western values, Fi does not understand the people she seeks to help. And in the impoverished small community of Mididima, she finds herself caught in the middle of a volatile local struggle when the bookmobile's presence sparks a dangerous feud between the proponents of modernization and those who fear the loss of traditional ways.


Nasreen's Secret School

Nasreen's Secret School

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  • Author: Jeanette Winter
  • Publisher: Simon and Schuster
  • ISBN: 1442441216
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 40

Renowned picture book creator Jeanette Winter tells the story of a young girl in Afghanistan who attends a secret school for girls. Young Nasreen has not spoken a word to anyone since her parents disappeared. In despair, her grandmother risks everything to enroll Nasreen in a secret school for girls. Will a devoted teacher, a new friend, and the worlds she discovers in books be enough to draw Nasreen out of her shell of sadness? Based on a true story from Afghanistan, this inspiring book will touch readers deeply as it affirms both the life-changing power of education and the healing power of love.


Rain School

Rain School

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  • Author: James Rumford
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • ISBN: 0547505000
  • Category : Juvenile Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 37

Shows how important learning is in a country where only a few children are able to go to school.


Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journeys

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journeys

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  • Author: Various
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
  • ISBN: 9780547885520
  • Category : Language arts (Elementary)
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 792


Raja's Pet Camel

Raja's Pet Camel

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  • Author: Anita Nahta Amin
  • Publisher: Cardinal Rule Press
  • ISBN: 1733035931
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 30

Raja had always wanted to have a pet like the happy kids in his school books did. But most yard animals in India worked. They weren't for play. Nevertheless, when Raja stumbled upon a scared, baby camel, he took her home and made her his own pet. But it wasn't long before there were smashed pots! Broken fences! And a big mess everywhere! Kamal was a wild camel with wild ways! Raja's father was not pleased. "We don't have time for camels. We're too busy herding goats," he warned. Raja loved his new pet but his father is fed up with the mess and determined to sell her at the next fair. Will Raja find a way to keep Kamal or will they lose each other forever? This tale of unconditional love and hope is sure to enchant any child! The best book for teaching the power of empathy and perseverance. Raja's Pet Camel by Anita Nahta Amin carries the key message of perseverance, tradition and love supported by the many advocates of positive parenting solutions. It'll sit comfortably on your shelf alongside other books that focus on overcoming obstacles and focusing on hope in the name of love. Like the work of Gaia Cornwall (Jabari Jumps) and Adir Levy (What Should Danny Do?).This book comes with a free Reader's Guide for children. The guide is available for free download from the publisher website. Lesson plans, activities and discussion questions to allow parents, teachers and caregivers to explore the topic further and deepen comprehension.


More Than Anything Else

More Than Anything Else

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  • Author: Marie Bradby
  • Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
  • ISBN: 1338831666
  • Category : Juvenile Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 36

"A fictionalized story about the life of young Booker T. Washington. Living in a West Virginia settlement after emancipation, nine-year-old Booker travels by lantern light to the salt works, where he labors from dawn till dusk. Although his stomach rumbles, his real hunger is his intense desire to learn to read.... [A] moving and inspirational story." -- School Library Journal, starred review


Alia's Mission

Alia's Mission

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  • Author: Mark Alan Stamaty
  • Publisher: Dragonfly Books
  • ISBN: 037585763X
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 34

The inspiring story of an Iraqi librarian's courageous fight to save books from the Basra Central Library before it was destroyed in the war. It is 2003 and Alia Muhammad Baker, the chief librarian of the Central Library in Basra, Iraq, has grown worried given the increased likelihood of war in her country. Determined to preserve the irreplacable records of the culture and history of the land on which she lives from the destruction of the war, Alia undertakes a courageous and extremely dangerous task of spiriting away 30,000 books from the library to a safe place. Told in dramatic graphic-novel panels by acclaimed cartoonist Mark Alan Stamaty, Alia's Mission celebrates the importance of books and the freedom to read, while examining the impact of war on a country and its people.


That Book Woman

That Book Woman

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  • Author: Heather Henson
  • Publisher: Simon and Schuster
  • ISBN: 1442439599
  • Category : Juvenile Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 40

An exquisitely illustrated paean to everyone who struggles to learn how to read, and to everyone who won’t give up on them. Cal is not the readin' type. Living way high up in the Appalachian Mountains, he'd rather help Pap plow or go out after wandering sheep than try some book learning. Nope. Cal does not want to sit stoney-still reading some chicken scratch. But that Book Woman keeps coming just the same. She comes in the rain. She comes in the snow. She comes right up the side of the mountain, and Cal knows that's not easy riding. And all just to lend his sister some books. Why, that woman must be plain foolish—or is she braver than he ever thought? That Book Woman is a rare and moving tale that honors a special part of American history—the Pack Horse Librarians, who helped untold numbers of children see the stories amid the chicken scratch, and thus made them into lifetime readers.