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Nonfiction
November
The Library Book
From Camels to Computers
Maureen Sawa
Illustrated by Bill Slavin
Here is a book that is
long overdue!
ISBN 0-88776-698-6
US $18.95
CAN $24.99
nonfiction/history
ages ages 11+
48 pages 8 x 10
full-color throughout
hardcover with jacket
Rights: World ex. North America
12/carton
JNF000000 JNF025000
On Sale : November 8, 2005
Also available by Maureen Sawa:
Car Smarts: Hot Tips for the Car Crazy
co-written with Phil Edmonston
paperback ISBN 0-88776-646-3
US $15.95 / CAN $22.99
Everyone who has a library card (and those who don’t will want
one after reading this book) will love this fascinating account of
how libraries have evolved. From camels delivering books in
Kenya to information compression today, this is a book that’s
long overdue!
Award-winning librarian Maureen Sawa takes readers on a
breathless ride from the origins of libraries to the first bookshelves,
from pack-horse librarians in Kentucky to the revolution that was
vertical shelving. She presents familiar library heroes like
Gutenberg and Benjamin Franklin and the more obscure ones,
such as Hypatia, the great female librarian of Alexandria killed by
a mob for opposing the teachings of Plato, and Vizier Abdul
Kasem Ismail, the Persian bibliophile who traveled with forty
camels carrying 117,000 books in alphabetical order.
Libraries, past, present, and future, have a history as
fascinating as the books they house. A must-have for every reader!
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MAUREEN SAWA is an award-winning librarian. She is currently the
Coordinator of Adult Services and Information for the Hamilton Public
Library. She is also President of the Canadian Association of Children’s
Librarians, a division of the Canadian Library Association. This is
Maureen Sawa’s second book, following Car Smarts: Hot Tips for the Car Crazy.
BILL SLAVIN has illustrated more than fifty books for children, including
The Big Book of Canada, Bleeps and Blips to Rocket Ships and Shooting Hoops and Skating
Loops. His work has received numerous awards, including the 2004 Blue
Spruce Award and the 2004 CLA Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon
Illustrator's medal, both for his work on Stanley's Party. He shares his
studio in Millbrook, Ontario with his wife, Esperança Melo.
PRAISE FOR CAR SMARTS:
“…Car Smarts…could and should be essential reading for anyone who
hopes to drive a car or buy a car, and anyone who wants to know
what makes a car tick….” –The Globe and Mail
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Tundra Books | Fall 2005