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• Winner of Georgia Children’s Book Award (United States).

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* This is an important story that puts a human face on the victims of war and demonstrates that a love of books and learning is a value that unites people everywhere. - School Library Journal Winter isolates another true story of everyday heroism against a tragic backdrop. The librarian's quiet bravery serves as a point of entry into a freighted topic. -Booklist Timely and moving. -Better Homes and Gardens As spare yet penetrating as the narrative, Winter's boldly hued, acrylic and pen illustrations depict the frantic book salvaging effort against a bright orange and burnt sienna backdrop of bomb- and gunfire-lit skies and the subsequent, heartbreaking library fire. -Publishers Weekly Created with strength and courage, like Alia's devotion to the books in her charge. -Kirkus

* This is an important story that puts a human face on the victims of war and demonstrates that a love of books and learning is a value that unites people everywhere. - School Library Journal? Winter isolates another true story of everyday heroism against a tragic backdrop. The librarian's quiet bravery serves as a point of entry into a freighted topic. -Booklist Timely and moving. -Better Homes and Gardens As spare yet penetrating as the narrative, Winter's boldly hued, acrylic and pen illustrations depict the frantic book salvaging effort against a bright orange and burnt sienna backdrop of bomb- and gunfire-lit skies and the subsequent, heartbreaking library fire. -Publishers Weekly Created with strength and courage, like Alia's devotion to the books in her charge. -Kirkus

* ""This is an important story that puts a human face on the victims of war and demonstrates that a love of books and learning is a value that unites people everywhere."" - School Library Journal? ""Winter isolates another true story of everyday heroism against a tragic backdrop. The librarian's quiet bravery serves as a point of entry into a freighted topic. -Booklist ""Timely and moving."" -Better Homes and Gardens ""As spare yet penetrating as the narrative, Winter's boldly hued, acrylic and pen illustrations depict the frantic book salvaging effort against a bright orange and burnt sienna backdrop of bomb- and gunfire-lit skies and the subsequent, heartbreaking library fire."" -Publishers Weekly ""Created with strength and courage, like Alia's devotion to the books in her charge."" -Kirkus     —

Author Information

JEANETTE WINTER has illustrated many books for children, including Day of the Dead by Tony Johnston and her own Calavera Abecedario: A Day of the Dead Alphabet Book, My Name Is Georgia, and Josefina. She lives in New York City.

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