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Biblioburro: A True Story from Colombia

Biblioburro: A True Story from Colombia

by Jeanette Winter
Illustrated by Jeanette Winter

Publisher: Beach Lane, 2010
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781416997788

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 3-7

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Winter

Books in a Box: Lutie Stearns and the Traveling Libraries of Wisconsin

Books in a Box: Lutie Stearns and the Traveling Libraries of Wisconsin

by Stuart Stotts

Publisher: Big Valley, 2005
Pages: 94
ISBN: 0976537206

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 8-11

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Stearns

Construction

Construction

by Sally Sutton
Illustrated by Brian Lovelock

Publisher: Candlewick, 2014
Pages: 24
ISBN: 9780763673253

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 2-5

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Sutton

Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference

Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference

by Joanne Oppenheim

Publisher: Scholastic, 2006
Pages: 287
ISBN: 0439569923

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 11 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 940 Oppenheim

Digging for Words: Jose Alberto Guierrez and the Library He Built

Digging for Words: Jose Alberto Guierrez and the Library He Built

by Angela Burke Kunkel
Illustrated by Paola Escobar

Publisher: Schwartz & Wade, 2020
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781984892638

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-8

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Kunkel

Goin' Someplace Special

Goin' Someplace Special

by Patricia C. McKissack
Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

Publishers: Atheneum, Anne Schwartz Book, 2001
Pages: 32
ISBN: 0689818858

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-9

CCBC Location: Picture Book, McKissack

Hands around the Library: Protecting Egypt’s Treasured Books

Hands around the Library: Protecting Egypt’s Treasured Books

by Susan L. Roth, Karen Leggett Abouraya
Illustrated by Susan L. Roth

Publisher: Dial, 2012
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9780803737471

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 7-12

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 962 Roth

Hold Fast

Hold Fast

by Blue Balliett

Publisher: Scholastic, 2013
Pages: 274
ISBN: 9780545299886

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 8-11

CCBC Location: Fiction, Balliett

Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero

Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero

by Kelly J. Baptist

Publishers: Crown, Random House, 2020
Pages: 195
ISBN: 9780593121368

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 9-12

CCBC Location: Fiction, Baptist

The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq

The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq

by Jeanette Winter
Illustrated by Jeanette Winter

Publisher: Harcourt , 2005
Pages: 32
ISBN: 0152054456

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 8-11

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Baker