Evocative, seamless, and haunting, the camel bookmobile is a powerful saga that challenges our fears of the unknown the camel bookmobile is masha hamiltons third book following her excellent 2004 novel, the distance between us. This document is an extract of the camel bookmobile who was written by masha hamilton in 2007. Fiona sweeney, an idealistic 36yearold american woman, commits herself to this project, and she particularly enjoys visiting mididma. Those eerie manmade moans were part of new york citys wallpaper, a signal of trouble commonplace enough to pass unnoticed. Important notice the bookmobile will not following its current schedule while the library system is closed. Bookmobile northeastern nevada regional bookmobile schedule. Outside her bedroom window, a sirens wail sliced through the white noise of a wet snowfall. Prior to her trip to africa, 36yearold fiona sweeney was living a. Hamiltons captivating third novel after 2004s the distance between us follows fiona sweeney, a 36yearold librarian, from new york to. And as a consequence of the novel, a charity was born. The camel bookmobile follows an american librarian who travels to the arid bush of northeastern kenya to give meaning to her life, but ultimately loses a piece.
In the camel bookmobile, masha hamilton tells the story of a restless american librarian searching for more meaning in her life who travels to africa to help start a library carrying books to remote settlements on the backs of camels. The bookmobile is on a two week schedule, therefore visits each stop once every two weeks. I wasnt inside this particular bookmobile, however, when i was a kid in grade school, mid 60s, the milwaukee bookmobile would come to our school, and we all had to go outside, single file in the cold, and file through the bookmobile, picking out certain books. Based in minneapolis, minnesota, bookmobile began as a design and typesetting production house in 1982 and started offering print services in 1996. It is a story that captures the riddles and calamities that often occur when two cultures collide. Both the garissa and wajir branches have plenty of books, so additional contributions are going directly to nomadic schools in. A compelling novel that shows how one life can change many, in spite. Evocative, seamless, and haunting, the camel bookmobile is a powerful saga that challenges our fears of the unknown. Helping bring books where theyve never been before. Most significant is the lesson of the camel bookmobile for villagers and librarian, the fresh curiosity of the children, fionas widening horizon and love for this remote place, and natures demands for survival. Nature versus culture the narrator of the book the camel bookmobile by masha hamilton, struggles with bringing new ideas through her bookmobile to a traditional african culture.
Thanks to all who have donated books or money as we enter the holiday season. The bookmobile travels throughout ohio county delivering service to patrons who live in geographically remote areas, heavily populated locations such as apartment complexes and subdivisions, as well as nursing homes, daycares, and schools. The camel bookmobile is the kind of novel that made me love reading in the first place. A bookmobile is a wonderful way to share new and classic literature with the community in an eyecatching and convenient way. Price drop amazon price tracker, amazon price history. This document is an extract of the camel bookmobile. A poignant story, one that raised questions about the world we know and how we onterpret our world. Fiona sweeney travels from new york city to africa to bring books on camels to villages that follow the rains. The camel bookmobile summary and analysis like sparknotes. The camel bookmobile follows an american librarian who.
What is gained or lost by the use of multiple viewpoints to tell this story. The camel bookmobile is viewed differently by different people in these villages. By helping to start a traveling library, she hopes to bring the words of homer, hemingway, and dr. The unintended consequences filled this book and kept the reader turning pages. She would begin the morning with the speed and joy of a wellaimed spear, and that would make the moments fly faster until the camel bookmobile and.
Dec 01, 2015 not too sure what youd do with it, maybe park it and live in it, but heres a blast from the past. Though the camel bookmobile is a novel, the camelborne library actually exists, operating in kenyas isolated northeast province. The bookmobile visits preschools and daycares in the alameda county library service area to provide a storytime experience on the bookmobile. The bookmobile visits area schools, neighborhoods, local fairs and festivals with innovative programming to ensure all residents of san mateo county are lifelong library users. Mobile services bookmobile guides at alameda county library. When author masha hamilton learned about the camel bookmobiles, she got an idea for a novel. A floating library, whose ships name is epos, was begun in 1959 and serves the many small communities on the coast of western norway.
The bookmobile serves families who have difficulty getting to a library, children and teens in afterschool programs, and many new immigrant families. And i saw fi, the idealistic american who hopes to help enlighten a people of the bush but finds that she is the one who learns the most. A compelling novel that shows how one life can change many, in spite of dangerous and seemingly immutable obstacles. The bookmobile offers a collection for children and adults, including new movies and books, magazines, wifi hotspots, spanish language materials, and other popular items. The camel bookmobile faculty book excerpt gotham writers.
They have been known by many names throughout history including traveling library, library wagon, book wagon, book truck, libraryonwheels, and book auto service. Help us make a book about the 20012005 projet mobilivre bookmobile project, a touring exhibition of artist books and zines. The bookmobile will join the spirit lake steam at city park in july friday, july 10, 11. Fiona sweeney shoved a pair of rolledup jeans into the corner of her purple duffel bag. The camel bookmobile was conceived to educate the people of the bush in africa, to introduce them to teading and opening their minds to a greater world.
Read free book excerpt from the camel bookmobile by masha hamilton, page 1 of 2. So the camel bookmobile arrives, the books are spread beneath an acacia tree and people select their books to read until the next time. Hamilton uses her experience as a journalist to describe the struggles of acclimating to kenyan life as an american outsider, and the realities of life in small kenyan communities for those who are born there and want to stay there, and those striving to find a place. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Buy the camel bookmobile first edition, first printing by hamilton, masha isbn. The camel bookmobile vibrates with the life and landscape of africa.
Today, she would not be disturbed by thoughts of uncles whose minds resembled mud pools, or lurking husbands or pointless chores. The camel bookmobile is a reminder that western culture is not necessarily what the rest of the world needs or wants, a lesson that even those with the best intentions need to consider before trying to impose it on others. To others it represents evil, a threat to old ways and old wisdom. The camel bookmobile by masha hamilton reading guidebook. We strive to offer multiple copies of the most recent bestselling fiction and nonfiction, along with awardwinning childrens books, and the top new movie releases. The camel bookmobile follows an american librarian who travels to the arid bush of northeastern kenya to give meaning to her life, but. Recent examples on the web and the bookmobile librarian was just the most wonderful person. The camel bookmobile follows an american librarian who travels to the arid bush of northeastern kenya to give meaning to her life, but ultimately loses a piece of.
In kenya, books are delivered to remote villages by camel a discovery hamilton has put into her fiction hopper. In estonia, the bookmobile katarina jee has been running since 2008, serving patrons in suburbs of tallinn. Use the links below to find a product you want to buy at amazon, then come back here and put the products url into our search box to. Abasi, and in her travels through the bush, the small village of mididima becomes her. The bookmobile brings library services out to the community to better serve our patrons. Basically, the author of the camel bookmobile masha hamilton and her colleagues are attempting to educate pastoral nomads in kenyas isolated. Masha hamilton is a united states journalist and the author of five novels. The quote that compares mosquito love to human love signifies that struggle. I would say only the camel bookmobile, that novel, doesnt directly. Fiona is the beneficiary of an unexpected bounty, her perspective forever changed, her memories precious and bittersweet as she. To some it represents progress, the way into the modern world.
Can the camel bookmobile be seen as an allegory for whats still taking place in the world today. Bookmobile service monroe county public library, indiana. A bookmobile or mobile library is a vehicle designed for use as a library. Reflection on book the camel bookmobile essay example. Jul 04, 2007 basically, the author of the camel bookmobile masha hamilton and her colleagues are attempting to educate pastoral nomads in kenyas isolated northeastern province near the unstable border with. It offers everchanging collections of highdemand materials for all ages including bestselling books, recent and classic movies on dvd, audiobooks, music cds, magazines, and more. A librarians sense of adventure gets the best of her when she heads to kenya to run a traveling library. This document is an extract of the camel bookmobile who was.
Pulling back her dark, frizzy hair and securing it with a clip, fi moved to the living room and plopped onto the. The camel bookmobile is a novel by masha hamilton about a woman named fiona sweeney, or fi, who leaves her family behind to travel to kenya, on a quest to make a difference in the lives of those in need by creating a traveling library. If there is a sparknotes, shmoop, or cliff notes guide, we will. If youre starting a bookmobile soon, promoting the business properly and coming up with a theme that will immediately grab the attention of your customers are essential. The bookmobile also offers holds pickup, materials return, and staff information assistance. Visiting the bookmobile is like stepping into any of the library buildings with books, dvds, puppets, laptop internet stations, an awe kids station, and public services desk. These lists are a great way to start your amazon price tracking experience with camelcamelcamel. Masha hamilton establishing a bookmobile in a destitute kenya village, wellintentioned fiona sweeny inadvertently renews a decadesold tribal feud involving a camelpowered bookmobile and prior efforts to promote. Jan 28, 2009 this is montereys third generation bookmobile, the first introduced in 1956, and the second in 1984.
It has regular stops in the community to make accessing materials more. Durable english prog rockers who released a spate of majestic, canonical records in the 1970s and 80s. Donate to the worlds only camel bookmobile, bringing books to readers in northeastern kenya near the border with somalia. Cookbooks, novels, parenting booksthey all matter to fiona fi sweeney, a librarian from brooklyn searching for fulfillment atop a book. Seuss to farflung tiny communities where people live daily with drought, hunger, and disease. In this text we discover what fionawant do in her life, and we know she want to go in kenya for help the population. The bookmobile is on the road six days a week covering over 200 miles each week.
In this world, books are as threatening as they are liberating, and their mere presence causes a variety of personal reactions in the people the. This is the camel bookmobile, a scheme set up to bring books to scattered tribes whose daily l. Otherwise signing in via an external account will create a new camel account. Once a fortnight, the nomadic settlement of madidima, set deep in the dusty kenyan desert, awaits the arrival of three camels laden down with panniers of books. She founded two world literacy projects, and has worked as head of communications for the us embassy in afghanistan and the ngo concern worldwide us. The camel bookmobile is based on the reallife camel mobile library in kenya. Based on actual events, the camel bookmobile tells the story of an american librarian and her bookbearing caravan who permanently alters the bedrock of one northeastern kenyan tribe in both positive and negative ways. Masha hamilton once a fortnight, the nomadic settlement of madidima, set deep in the dusty kenyan desert, awaits the arrival of three camels laden with panniers of books. Bookmobile definition is a truck that serves as a traveling library. Scar boy, the village teacher matani, and others embrace it, seeing it as a muchneeded taste.
Bookmobiles expand the reach of traditional libraries by transporting books. Aug 26, 2007 hamiltons latest novel, the camel bookmobile, has a quieter provenance. For the inspiring librarians who help keep the real. She would begin the morning with the speed and joy of a wellaimed spear, and that would make the moments fly faster until the camel bookmobile and miss sweeney arrived. The camel bookmobile made its first run almost a decade ago. Though fi is passionate about bringing western classics to the seminomadic, illiterate peoples of the rural. If i understand correctly, you also founded the camel book drive. Hamiltons latest novel, the camel bookmobile, has a quieter provenance. Children get their first experiences visiting the mobile library and selecting books to take back to the classroom for further exploration. Existing camel users should login to their account directly and then visit the external accounts section in your account settings to make the link. Fiona sweeney wants to do something that matters, and she chooses to make her mark in the arid bush of northeastern.
Release dates 0 also known as aka 0 release dates it looks like we dont have any release dates. The camel bookmobile follows an american librarian who travels to the arid bush of northeastern kenya to give meaning to her life, but ultimately loses a piece of her heart. Camel specializes in clothes, shoes and accessories for casual and sporting occasions, especially for outdoor activities. In fact, the camel bookmobile changes each character in unexpected ways. Aug 26, 2007 fiona sweeney shoved a pair of rolledup jeans into the corner of her purple duffel bag. Fiona sweeney wants to do something that matters, and she chooses to make her mark in the arid bush of northeastern kenya. The camel bookmobile masha hamilton, 2007 harpercollins 336 pp. The bookmobile is year around and designed for all ages. The bookmobile divides the seminomadic people it intends to serve. Welcome to the ohio county public librarys mobile library. The camel bookmobile by masha hamilton thriftbooks. Masha hamiltons compelling third novel, the camel bookmobile, leaves no room for doubt. Fiona sweeney starts a traveling library in the remote bush of northeastern kenya.
The durham county library bookmobile provides individualized library service to a diverse population throughout durham county that otherwise does not have access to library services. Fi enlists to run the titular mobile library overseen by mr. Prior to her trip to africa, 36yearold fiona sweeney was living a fairly cushy life. Bookmobile definition of bookmobile by merriamwebster. Publisher harper collins, april 2007 in the camel bookmobile, masha hamilton tells the story of a restless american librarian searching for more meaning in her life who travels to africa to help start a library carrying books to remote settlements on the backs of camels. Find all available study guides and summaries for the camel bookmobile by masha hamilton. Camel bookmobile running into the african bush, and who are dedicated to decreasing an illiteracy rate of more. Projet mobilivre bookmobile project is raising funds for the bookmobile book on kickstarter. We are thrilled to show you the beauty of going outside, discovering an entirely different world, and eventually looking at life from a different angle. The vehicle makes regular stops in outlying neighborhoods throughout monterey. The camel bookmobile by masha hamilton 2,171 ratings, 3. Fiona sweeney wants to do something that matters, and she.