But that's just in Kenya where the librarian is a camel. In various parts of Australia and two regions of Azerbaijan the librarian is a big truck. In remote areas of Canada the postman is the librarian. In England a wheelbarrow delivers books to people at the beach. In Finland books are brought by boat. Indonesia has floating libraries that bring books to villages along the rivers. Horses and motorcycles are the librarians in Mongolia. Children in Pakistan have books delivered by a double-decker bus named Storyteller. In Papua New Guinea some villages have no roads or schools, but a four-wheel drive truck still manages to bring boxes of books deep enough into the jungle that they can be carried on villagers shoulders the rest of the way. Peruvians and Zimbabwans gets their books delivered by donkey cart, and in Thailand the librarian is an elephant. Author Margriet Ruurs devotes a two-page spread to each country included; using a blend of text and large colorful photographs to demonstrate what wonders can be accomplished when the desire to provide and read books is involved. One look at the cover photograph of a boy sitting on a camel, comfortably wedged between the camel's humps, engrossed in a book; and children ages 7 to 10 will want to look at this captivating compilation over and over.
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