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Walker Books (2015), 112 pages
Description
A man relates how he came to believe in unicorns as an eight-year-old boy while also remembering how he learned about the importance in life of books and storytelling, especially in the midst of war.
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LibraryThing member Librarygirl66
A man relates how he came to believe in unicorns as an eight-year-old boy while also remembering how he learned about the importance in life of books and storytelling, especially in the midst of war.
LibraryThing member agdturner
A story of storytelling, books, libraries and war. Set in a time in the not so distant past in a place where war was near and came and remembers those with military power that ordered the destruction of books. Books and more can be destroyed in war, but people can be galvanised to into society and
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working together to preserve what is good. This is a lesson in the importance of books in education and of imagination and was the third of a set of books by the author that I am reading to my 7 and 5 year old children. Long live unicorns of our dreams and the species we share the world with not least the narwhal in our seas. Peace be with you! Show Less
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Original language
English
Physical description
112 p.; 5.08 inches
ISBN
1406366404 / 9781406366402