Library : From ancient scrolls to the World Wide Web

by John Malam

A modern library is more than just a collection of books. Children take part in activity workshops and hear story readings given by librarians or authors. Adults go there to surf the Internet, see exhibitions, and learn languages. Libraries have become vast and complicated storehouses of information.

32 pages, Hardcover

First published April 14, 2000

About the author

John Malam is a British historian, archaeologist, and author of children’s non-fiction books. Trained in Ancient History and Archaeology, he worked on excavations and led an archaeology unit before becoming an editor and later a full-time writer specializing in ancient civilizations.

Reviews

[Lindsey Stagg]

I choose this book because it depicts the large public library and how it works.