Roth, Susan L.

Hands around the library : protecting Egypt's treasured books / by Susan L. Roth and Karen Leggett Abouraya ; collages by Susan L. Roth. - New York : Scholastic, 2012. - 34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 27 cm.

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Documents the inspiring January 2011 story about how thousands of Egypt's students, library workers, and demonstrators joined hands around the great Library of Alexandria to protect the building and the freedom it represents.

680
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Raz-Plus

9780803737471 (hardcover) 9780545522731

2011038198


Aliksāndrīnā (Library)--History--Juvenile literature.


Libraries--Egypt--Alexandria--Juvenile literature.
Libraries--Destruction and pillage--Egypt--Alexandria--Juvenile literature.
Cultural property--Protection--Juvenile literature.


Egypt--History--21st century--Juvenile literature.

Z858.A48 R68

962.055