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Clara's dream of enriching her rough life on the family farm is fulfilled when a horse-drawn book wagon visits with the country's first traveling library.

Luis loves to read, but soon his house in Colombia is so full of books there's barely room for the family.

Contains photographs, information, and personal stories about mobile libraries and their young patrons in countries around the world, showing some of the unique ways by which books are delivered, including boat, camel, and elephant.

Recounts the true story of a devoted man and his steadfast burro team, Alfa and Beto, who traveled into the remote villages of rural Colombia to bring treasured library books to eager young readers.

"Set in Depression-era America, . . . Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England.

"Cussy Mary Carter is the last of her kind, her skin the color of a blue damselfly in these dusty hills.

A young librarian rides a pack horse through the mountains to deliver books to children in Appalachia during the Great Depression.

When the bookmobile librarian refuses to lend Stanley the story he wants, he learns the importance of advocating for the book of his choosing, and in doing so teaches the librarian the virtue in allowing everyone to select the stories they enjoy.

As the daughter of the famed blue-skinned, Troublesome Creek packhorse librarian, Honey Lovett has never lived on the right side of the law.