Waiting for the BiblioBurro

By Monica Brown

Subjects: Libraries, South carolina, fiction, Mexican Americans, Farm life, Books and reading, Segregation in education, Poston Relocation Center (Ariz.), Evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans (United States : 1942-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01801850, Libraries, fiction, Books and reading, fiction, Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945, Fiction, Japanese Americans, Children's fiction, Biblioburro, Juvenile fiction, History, Race relations, Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945

Description: When a man brings to a remote village two burros, Alfa and Beto, loaded with books the children can borrow, Ana's excitement leads her to write a book of her own as she waits for the BibliBurro to return. Includes glossary of Spanish terms and a note on the true story of Columbia's BiblioBurro and mobile libraries in other countries.