Keeper of Stories
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In this “poignant” (Booklist, starred review) and uplifting true story of community, a neighborhood comes together in the wake of a library fire to save the stories within, offering a timely reminder of the essential role libraries and books play in our communities.
A library is a keeper of stories. A keeper of memories. A keeper of hope. But what happens when that keeper is threatened?
When a fire broke out at New York’s Jewish Theological Seminary library in 1966, firefighters raced to the rescue. But by the end of the day, thousands of books had been turned to ashes and the ones that remained were on the brink of ruin. The community was devastated. Would the priceless stories in those waterlogged pages be lost forever? Or could helping hands from every background and corner of the neighborhood come together to become keepers of stories, too?
This powerfully told and lushly illustrated true story is a welcome example of how we all can come together to keep libraries and the books within safe for generations to come.
Keeper of Stories
By Caroline Kusin Pritchard
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In this “poignant” (Booklist, starred review) and uplifting true story of community, a neighborhood comes together in the wake of a library fire to save the stories within, offering a timely reminder of the essential role libraries and books play in our communities.
A library is a keeper of stories. A keeper of memories. A keeper of hope. But what happens when that keeper is threatened?
When a fire broke out at New York’s Jewish Theological Seminary library in 1966, firefighters raced to the rescue. But by the end of the day, thousands of books had been turned to ashes and the ones that remained were on the brink of ruin. The community was devastated. Would the priceless stories in those waterlogged pages be lost forever? Or could helping hands from every background and corner of the neighborhood come together to become keepers of stories, too?
This powerfully told and lushly illustrated true story is a welcome example of how we all can come together to keep libraries and the books within safe for generations to come.
ISBN
9781665914970
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Pages
40 pages
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published
Feb 4, 2025
Language
en
Cover type
Hardcover
Book details
- Authors
- Caroline Kusin Pritchard
- ISBN
- 9781665914970
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Published
- Feb 4, 2025
- Publication year
- 2025
- Pages
- 40
- Dimensions
- 12.0 in × 0.125 in × 9.0 in
- Language
- en
- Categories
- Juvenile NonfictionHistoryUnited States20th CenturyReligionJudaismBooks & Libraries