Nour's Secret Library

Wafa' Tarnowska (Author) Vali Mintzi (Illustrator)
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Product Type: Paperback Books
Age Groups: Ages 7 to 9

Based on the author's own life experience and inspired by a true story, Nour's Secret Library is about the power of books to heal, transport and create safe spaces during difficult times.

Forced to take shelter when their Syrian city is plagued with bombings, young Nour and her cousin begin to bravely build a secret underground library. Illustrations by Romanian artist Vali Mintzi superimpose the colorful world the children construct over black-and-white charcoal depictions of the battered city.

Inspired by a true story! Author Wafa' Tarnowska was deeply impacted by her experience during Lebanon's civil war in 1975—forced to hide out underground to survive, and finding tremendous comfort in books. So when she read the true story of a secret library in Syria, she instantly identified with the experience of the children there. Wafa' drew on inspiration from both her own life and also from the true story of the secret library to tell a universal tale—the tale of the joy of reading during times of trauma and stress.

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SKU 133631
ISBN 9781646862924
Language English
Page Count 32
Product Type Paperback Books
Book Type Picture Books
Additional Contributor Vali Mintzi
Primary Contributor Wafa' Tarnowska
Age Groups Ages 7 to 9
Publisher Barefoot Books