A Library Story: Building a New Central Library

The city of Minneapolis, in the state of Minnesota, has a long library history. Its first public library was built in 1889 and the castle like building not only housed books but it also had a small collection of live animals, and a pair of real Egyptian mummies. This library finally got too small fo...

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Tác giả chính:	Vogel, Jennifer
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Ngôn ngữ:	English
Được phát hành:	Millbrook Press 2012
Những chủ đề:	Information and Library
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