My Librarian Is a Camel How Books Are Brought to Children Around the World

Name: My Librarian Is a Camel How Books Are Brought to Children Around the World
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ISBN: 9781590780930

ISBN-10: 1590780930

ISBN-13: 9781590780930

Edition: 2011

Authors: Margriet Ruurs, National Geographic Learning Staff

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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. Writer Margriet Ruurs read a newspaper article about a camel in Kenya that is used to bring books to children in remote desert villages. She became curious about how else children around the world might get their books if there is no library. Librarians and volunteers from many countries sent her stories and photos of their mobile libraries. The result is this intriguing photo essay, a celebration of books, readers, and libraries. In the jungles of Thailand, in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, in rural Zimbabwe, the arrival of the mobile library…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Publication date: 8/1/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 32
Size: 10.30" wide x 9.30" long x 0.35" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Margriet Ruurs has a master's degree in education from Simon Fraser University and has studied the use of technology in teaching reading and writing to children. She speaks to parents, teachers, and librarians at conferences all around North America. She lives on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada.