SuitabookLibrarian of Basra
Jeanette Winter
- Reading
- Read together and pause to locate Basra and Iraq, then talk about the difference between the library’s role as a collection of books and as a meeting place.
- Themes
- Saving a community’s books: Baker works to save the collection in a library that has served as a meeting place for people who love books. The book presents this mainly as information or explanation.
- A true story set during war: The book recounts Baker’s experience as a librarian in Basra when war threatens the library. It brings a historical situation into focus through one librarian’s experience and uses illustrations alongside spare text.
- Worth knowing
- War is central to the situation: the library and its books face the threat of destruction. Consider whether your child would welcome a story set amid conflict, even when its focus is on saving books.