The Horseback Librarians
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Anna Mary brings books to children and adults in Appalachia during the Great Depression.There were no libraries in the backwoods of Kentucky in the 1930s. Librarians there and throughout the South delivered books to families by horseback and mule, sleeping outdoors or sheltering in barns when they could, going from farm to farm in remote areas. In this story, a woman named Anna Mary stands in for all the real-life horseback librarians who helped keep the love of books alive in Appalachia during the Great Depression.
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Jane Yolen (hailed as the “Aesop of the twentieth century”) has written more than 350 books, won numerous awards, and received six honorary doctorates in literature. She lives outside Springfield, Massachusetts, where a bear really did visit her porch.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780807562918
- Publication Date
- June 22, 2023
- Publisher
- Albert Whitman & Company
- Original Publication Date
- June 22, 2023
- Page Count
- 32
- Words Per Page
- 25
- Reading Age
- 4 - 8 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2022024900
- Lexile® Level
- AD630L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~O
- Est. ATOS® Book Level
- ~4.1
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