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Found 3 from your keywords: author=Jeanette Winter
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The librarian of Basra : a true story from Iraq
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Jeanette Winter

Alia Muhammad Baker’s library in Basra, Iraq, has been a meeting place for those who love books for the past fourteen years. Now war has come, and Alia fears that the library—along with the thirty thousand books within it—will be destroyed forever. In this incredible true story of a war-stricken country where civilians seem powerless in the face of battle, this feminist and inspiration…

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9780358141839
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32 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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The world is not a rectangle : a portrait of architect Zaha Hadid
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Jeanette Winter

A Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2017 Parents’ Choice Recommended Get to know Zaha Hadid in this nonfiction picture book about the famed architect’s life and her triumph over adversity from celebrated author-illustrator Jeanette Winter. Zaha Hadid grew up in Baghdad, Iraq, and dreamed of designing her own cities. After studying architecture in London, she opened her own st…

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9781481446693
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56 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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927 WIN
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Angelina's island
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Jeanette Winter

Every day I tell Mama, I want to go home. Every day she tells me, We are home, Angelina. New York is home now. Angelina's heart aches for Jamaica, and no matter how much Mama talks of having a better life in New York, Angelina still dreams about mangos, johnnycake, rainbow-colored birds, and the warmth of the sand under her feet. Then one day Mama sees something in the paper about Carni…

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9780374303495
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32 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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