Around the World Libraries
This country uses camels to deliver books because of its vast desert landscape.
What is Kenya
The central idea of the book is to show the unique ways libraries adapt to reach this group of people.
Who are readers or children?
This part of the book uses pictures to help the reader understand the unique library methods.
What are photos?
The author’s main purpose in writing this book is to inform readers about this.
What are the different ways libraries serve communities around the world?
This word refers to a mobile library that travels to bring books to people.
What is a bookmobile?
This type of vehicle is used to transport books to children in remote parts of Australia.
What is a bookmobile
This detail from the book shows how libraries in Mongolia deliver books using this animal.
What are horses?
This feature at the bottom of a photo helps explain what is happening in the picture.
WHat are captions
Why do you think the author included so many different countries in the book?
What is to show diversity or the global importance of libraries?
This is the term for a collection of books that are shared with a community.
What is a library?
This country uses elephants to bring books to rural villages due to its mountainous terrain.
What is Thailand
Why do the people of Finland use sleds to bring books in winter?
What is heavy snowfall or ice?
The author included maps in the book to show this information about each country.
What is the location?
The author wants the reader to appreciate this about library services.
What is their creativity or adaptability?
In the book, the word "remote" is used to describe this type of area.
What is a far or isolated place?
In which country do librarians use boats to deliver books across the Amazon River?
What is Peru?
This is the main reason libraries around the world find creative ways to deliver books.
What is to provide access to education or reading
How does the use of bold text help the reader?
What is to highlight important words or concepts
The author wrote this book to highlight the importance of this for children.
What is access to books or reading?
This vocabulary word describes the act of sharing or giving out books.
What is distributing?
Name a challenge faced by librarians delivering books in cold climates like Canada.
What is snow or freezing temperature
In the book, libraries are described as being important for sharing stories and this cultural aspect.
What is knowledge or tradition?
This type of text box provides extra information not included in the main story.
What is a sidebar?
What feeling might the author want readers to have after learning about these unique libraries?
What is inspiration or appreciation for libraries?
The term for the large, dry area in Kenya where camels deliver books.
What is a desert?