Miss Dorothy and Her Bookmobile
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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2011

Miss Dorothy and Her Bookmobile

Written by Gloria Houston · Illustrated by Susan Condie Lamb

A librarian brings books to remote communities, transforming lives with her bookmobile.

4.5/7 Bookroo expert·4.2/5 Goodreads · 860 ratings
32 pages· AD1030L
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Dorothy dreams of working in a grand library, but her new North Carolina home lacks one. Undeterred, she starts a bookmobile, delivering stories to schools, farms, and even rivers. Can her mobile library ignite a love for reading in her community? Discover how one woman's passion for books and perseverance changes lives in unexpected ways.

From the publisher

When Dorothy was a young girl, she loved books, and she loved people, so she decided that she would become a librarian. Dorothy’s dearest wish is to be a librarian in a fine brick library just like the one she visited when she was small. But her new home in North Carolina has valleys and streams but no libraries, so Miss Dorothy and her neighbors decide to start a bookmobile. Instead of people coming to a fine brick library, Miss Dorothy can now bring the books to them—at school, on the farm, even once in the middle of a river! Miss Dorothy and Her Bookmobile is an inspiring story about the love of books, the power of perseverance, and how a librarian can change people’s lives.

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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
4.6
F&P level
~Y
AR points
0.5
AR interest level
LG
AR quiz
143043
Publication
Published
January 25, 2011
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780060291556

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