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Winter, Jeanette

The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq

32 pp. | Harcourt | January, 2005 | Trade ISBN 0-15-205445-6 $16.00
(2) K-3 Winter's picture book describes Alia Muhammad Baker's attempt to save her library's collection when war comes to the Iraqi city of Basra in 2003. The illustrations represent the terrors of war realistically but not graphically. This tale provides a good way to talk about war and demonstrates the quiet heroism of fighting for something important without using violence.
Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2005

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