The Library Book: The Story of Libraries from Camels to Computers

by Maureen Sawa

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887766986
• ISBN13: 9780887766985
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

Leisure readers will find it a wonderful, fun pick

Bill Slavin provides a set of realistic, fun drawing to accent THE LIBRARY BOOK: THE STORY OF LIBRARIES FROM CAMELS TO COMPUTERS. Kids ages 11 and older receive a tour of the origins of libraries from the first book shelves to pack-horse librarians in Kentucky to the vertical shelving style which fostered libraries. Ancient history to modern times is presented in a series of glimpses into the ideas, major holdings and revolutionary changes that led to today's modern libraries. Leisure readers will find it a wonderful, fun pick. Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch