Recent Examples on the WebThe money will help to provide literacy resources and tools to families in need through literacy packets, and also will go toward a new bookmobile.Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2022 In New York City, public libraries have launched nationwide programs to provide access to books that other places have censored — the digital equivalent of sending a bookmobile to red states. David Ingram, NBC News, 12 May 2022 The previous bookmobile had reached the end of its mechanical life. Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 25 Apr. 2022 The plan is also to increase the number of mobile vaccination clinics, even repurposing a bookmobile to move from three to four mobile clinics per week to seven or eight. Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2022 The bookmobile is the primary library for people with physical challenges, according to officials. Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 20 Aug. 2021 Years ago, newspapers, the library bookmobile and, later, the radio were very important to the Carroll farming community. Kevin Dayhoff, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 27 Nov. 2021 Me Kat star was particularly fond of the bookmobile's air conditioning, which his family didn't have at the time either. Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 23 Oct. 2021 Once the new bookmobile hits the road, the Library District will fund ongoing operations. Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2021 See More
Word History
First Known Use
1924, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
bookmobile
noun
book·mo·bile ˈbu̇k-mō-ˌbēl
: a truck with shelves of books that is a traveling library