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bookmobile

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book·mo·bile  (bkm-bl)
n.
A truck, trailer, or van equipped to serve as a mobile lending library.
[book + (auto)mobile.]
bookmobile [ˈbʊkməˌbiːl]
n
(Library Science & Bibliography) the US and Canadian word for mobile library
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bookmobilebookmobile - a van with shelves of books; serves as a mobile library or bookstore
van - a truck with an enclosed cargo space
Translations
bookmobile [ˈbʊkməʊˌbiːl] N (US) → biblioteca f ambulante, bibliobús m (Sp)
bookmobile [ˈbʊkməˌbiːl] n (Am) → biblioteca ambulante
bookmobile [ˈbʊkməˌbiːl] n (Am) → biblioteca ambulante


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WHEN VANESSE LLOYD-SGAMBATI was a girl, she read Langston Hughes and travel books, courtesy of a Bookmobile that visited her southwest Philadelphia neighborhood.
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Because her family needs money, the closest she can get to this dream is to lie about her age in order to land a job driving a library bookmobile through the small bayou towns near her home.
Kimberly Willis Holt Part of Me: Stories of a Louisiana Family by Heppermann, Christine M. / The Horn Book Magazine
She really doesn't have a choice when her mother asks her to leave school to get a job helping to support the family--Rose drives the bookmobile through the bayou communities, lying about her age so she can get her license.
Holt, Kimberly Willis. Part of me by Rosser, Claire / Kliatt
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