01660cam a2200301 i 4500 1261995355 TxAuBib 040607s2005||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2004012969 9780152054458 0152054456 (OCoLC)10350 DLC rda DLC IG# XY4 eng TxAuBib rda Winter, Jeanette. The librarian of Basra : a true story from Iraq / written and illustrated by Jeanette Winter. 1st ed. Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, Incorporated, [2005] ©2005. 1 volumes (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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. Baker, Alia Muhammad Juvenile literature. Iraq War, 2003-2011 Juvenile literature. Librarians Iraq BaĐ̀rah Biography Juvenile literature. Libraries Destruction and pillage Iraq BaĐ̀rah Juvenile literature.