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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Cowley, Deborah, 1937-     Subjects     Knowles, Kathy, 1955-     Political participation -- Social aspects.     Children -- Ghana -- Library resources.     Children -- Books and reading -- Ghana.     Public libraries -- Ghana.     Literacy programs -- Ghana.     Ghana -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Cowley, Deborah, 1937-       by title:      The library tree : h...       by call number:      966.7 C875L     Search the Web     Cowley, Deborah, 1937-     Knowles, Kathy, 1955-     Political participation -- Social aspects.     Children -- Ghana -- Library resources.     Children -- Books and reading -- Ghana.     Public libraries -- Ghana.     Literacy programs -- Ghana.     Ghana -- Biography.       MARC Display

The library tree : how a Canadian woman brought the joy of reading to a generation of African children / Deborah Cowley. by Cowley, Deborah, 1937- Great Plains Pub., c2013. Call #: 966.7 C875L Subjects Knowles, Kathy, 1955-   Political participation -- Social aspects.   Children -- Ghana -- Library resources.   Children -- Books and reading -- Ghana.   Public libraries -- Ghana.   Literacy programs -- Ghana.   Ghana -- Biography. ISBN:  9781926531830 (pbk.) Description:  232 p. : ill., maps, port. ; 23 cm. Summary:  This is the inspiring story of a Canadian woman who transformed a simple afternoon of reading to a group of children in her backyard in Ghana, Africa, into seven large community libraries in impoverished areas of the country's capital, support for more than 200 smaller initiatives around Ghana and in other African countries, and a publishing venture that produces children's books in English and Swahili. Kathy Knowles now runs her volunteer-based Osu Children's Library Fund out of her Winnipeg home with twice-yearly trips to Ghana. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Tantallon Public Library Adult Nonfiction 966.7 C875L Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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