That Book Woman
Format: kindle
ASIN: B00AZQK3CY
Publish date: July 26th 2011
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 40
Edition language: English
Category:
Childrens,
Writing,
History,
Language,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Books About Books,
Historical Fiction,
Family,
American History,
Poetry,
Picture Books
This book has me all tongue tied. It *got* me! I love books about books. And I really love books about unlikely people discovering the magic of books. This is one of those books. It's a fictional account of one boy's experience with the real life pack-horse librarians women who distributed books...
"Sweet" says the PandaBat. The art does a great job of summoning Depression-era poverty, without being grim at all. I didn't know about this particular WPA project, but I liked learning a little.