The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq
by: Winter, Jeanette

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Dramatic true story (in picture book format) of how one determined woman helped saved the Basra (a port city) Central Library's books during the invasion of Iraq. 30,000 books saved by librarian Alia Muhammad Baker.