Tundra Fall 05 p1-27 - Tundra Books
Tundra Fall 05 p1-27 - Tundra Books
Tundra Fall 05 p1-27 - Tundra Books
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Nonfiction<br />
November<br />
The Library Book<br />
From Camels to Computers<br />
Maureen Sawa<br />
Illustrated by Bill Slavin<br />
Here is a book that is<br />
long overdue!<br />
ISBN 0-88776-698-6<br />
US $18.95<br />
CAN $24.99<br />
nonfiction/history<br />
ages ages 11+<br />
48 pages 8 x 10<br />
full-color throughout<br />
hardcover with jacket<br />
Rights: World ex. North America<br />
12/carton<br />
JNF000000 JNF025000<br />
On Sale : November 8, 20<strong>05</strong><br />
Also available by Maureen Sawa:<br />
Car Smarts: Hot Tips for the Car Crazy<br />
co-written with Phil Edmonston<br />
paperback ISBN 0-88776-646-3<br />
US $15.95 / CAN $22.99<br />
Everyone who has a library card (and those who don’t will want<br />
one after reading this book) will love this fascinating account of<br />
how libraries have evolved. From camels delivering books in<br />
Kenya to information compression today, this is a book that’s<br />
long overdue!<br />
Award-winning librarian Maureen Sawa takes readers on a<br />
breathless ride from the origins of libraries to the first bookshelves,<br />
from pack-horse librarians in Kentucky to the revolution that was<br />
vertical shelving. She presents familiar library heroes like<br />
Gutenberg and Benjamin Franklin and the more obscure ones,<br />
such as Hypatia, the great female librarian of Alexandria killed by<br />
a mob for opposing the teachings of Plato, and Vizier Abdul<br />
Kasem Ismail, the Persian bibliophile who traveled with forty<br />
camels carrying 117,000 books in alphabetical order.<br />
Libraries, past, present, and future, have a history as<br />
fascinating as the books they house. A must-have for every reader!<br />
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• trade and consumer advertising<br />
• on-line promotion<br />
• screen decals<br />
MAUREEN SAWA is an award-winning librarian. She is currently the<br />
Coordinator of Adult Services and Information for the Hamilton Public<br />
Library. She is also President of the Canadian Association of Children’s<br />
Librarians, a division of the Canadian Library Association. This is<br />
Maureen Sawa’s second book, following Car Smarts: Hot Tips for the Car Crazy.<br />
BILL SLAVIN has illustrated more than fifty books for children, including<br />
The Big Book of Canada, Bleeps and Blips to Rocket Ships and Shooting Hoops and Skating<br />
Loops. His work has received numerous awards, including the 2004 Blue<br />
Spruce Award and the 2004 CLA Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon<br />
Illustrator's medal, both for his work on Stanley's Party. He shares his<br />
studio in Millbrook, Ontario with his wife, Esperança Melo.<br />
PRAISE FOR CAR SMARTS:<br />
“…Car Smarts…could and should be essential reading for anyone who<br />
hopes to drive a car or buy a car, and anyone who wants to know<br />
what makes a car tick….” –The Globe and Mail<br />
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