Nonfiction

N o v e m b e r

The Library Book

From Camels to Computers

Maureen Sawa

Illustrated by Bill Slavin

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

Here is a book that is

breathless ride from the origins of libraries to the first bookshelves,

long overdue!

from pack horse librarians in Kentucky to the revolution that was

vertical shelving. She presents familiar library heroes like

ISBN 0 88776 698 6

Gutenberg and Benjamin Franklin and the more obscure ones,

US $18.95

such as Hypatia, the great female librarian of Alexandria killed by

CAN $24.99

a mob for opposing the teachings of Plato, and Vizier Abdul

Kasem Ismail, the Persian bibliophile who traveled with forty

nonfiction/history

camels carrying 117,000 books in alphabetical order.

ages ages 11+

Libraries, past, present, and future, have a history as

48 pages   8 x 10

full color throughout

fascinating as the books they house. A must have for every reader!

hardcover with jacket

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M

AUREEN

S

AWA

is an award winning librarian. She is currently the

Also available by Maureen Sawa:

Coordinator of Adult Services and Information for the Hamilton Public

Library. She is also President of the Canadian Association of Children's

Car Smarts: Hot Tips for the Car Crazy

co written with Phil Edmonston  

Librarians, a division of the Canadian Library Association. This is

paperback  ISBN 0 88776 646 3  

Maureen Sawa's second book, following Car Smarts: Hot Tips for the Car Crazy.

US $15.95 / CAN $22.99

B

ILL

S

LAVIN

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, Esperanca Melo. 

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RAISE FOR

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MARTS

:

  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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