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41) Dear Librarian
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In this story based on the author's life, a young homeless girl finds a different kind of home in the library.
42) Wild about books
Author
Series
Springfield Zoo volume 1
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
A librarian named Mavis McGrew introduces the animals in the zoo to the joy of reading when she drives her bookmobile to the zoo by mistake. It started the summer of 2002, when the Springfield librarian, Molly McGrew, by mistake drove her bookmobile into the zoo. In this rollicking rhymed story, Molly introduces birds and beasts to this new something called reading. She finds the perfect book for every animal-tall books for giraffes, tiny ones for...
43) The starless sea
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a rare book hidden in the stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this inexplicable book and desperate to make sense of how his own life came to be recorded, Zachary uncovers a series of clues -- a bee, a key, and a sword -- that lead...
44) Ex Libris
Publisher
Frederick Wiseman (Zipporah)
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (206 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Frederick Wiseman’s new film EX LIBRIS goes behind the scenes of one of the greatest knowledge institutions in the world and reveals it as a place of welcoming cultural exchange and learning. With 92 locations throughout Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island, the library is committed to being a resource for all the inhabitants of this multifaceted and cosmopolitan city, and beyond. The New York Public Library exemplifies the deeply rooted American...
45) The book hog
Author
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
The Book Hog loves books and has a large collection, although he never learned to read.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 249 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
“ 'Everyone knows me, but none can see me. I’m that thing you call love.'
In a little town in the south of France in the 1960s, a dazzling encounter with Love itself changes the life of infant orphan Marie-Jeanne forever.
As a girl, Marie-Jeanne realizes that she can see the marks Love has left on the people around her—tiny glowing lights on the faces and hands that shimmer more brightly when the one meant for them is near. Before long, Marie-Jeanne...
Author
Series
Haunted library volume 2
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Babymouse volume 13
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
89 p. chiefly ill. 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
When her school library holds a fundraiser, the imaginative Babymouse is determined to sell the most cupcakes and win the grand prize.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
628 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The epic fantasy that's taking the world by storm--a bewitching story about a revenge killing, a mysterious scroll box that has survived centuries of fires, and the book that changed everything Taryn Cornick believes that the past--her sister's violent death, and her own ill-conceived revenge--is behind her, and she can get on with her life. She has written a successful book about the dangers that threaten libraries...but not all of the attention...
50) The poet's dog
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
Publisher Annotation: Alone In a fierce winter storm Nickel and Flora are brave but afraid. A dog finds them. Teddy Speaks words and brings them to shelter. The poets cabin has light and food and love. But where is the Poet? Teddy will tell the story of how words make poems and connect those who hear each other. The Poets Dog from Newbery Medalwinning author Patricia MacLachlan is a poignant story about two children, a poet, and a dog and how they...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, 35 min.) : digital, stereo., sound, color
Language
English
Description
Library Security experts and staff members discuss practical security recommendations to create an effective security policy for your library. Examples are shown of staff correctly handling security problems, including approaching rule-breaking patrons, personal safety and patrons carrying weapons. "Recommended for all libraries." ~ Library Journal.
Author
Publisher
ALA Editions
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xx, 104 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Associate Professor at San Jose State University, Stephens encourages curiosity and creativity in his students and all library workers by connecting trends from outside the profession to its bedrock values. With a humanist lens, he reflects on such topics as: how libraries can empower kindness; developing a coterie of kindred spirits at conferences outside libraryland; inspiring creativity in library patrons; the most effective professional development...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 27 min., 57 sec.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This program will show you recommended ways of handling difficult situations that your library and staff may encounter. Among the issues covered are potentially violent patrons, bomb threats, sexual harassment, and inappropriate Internet browsing. "Highly recommended ..." - Video Librarian.
Author
Series
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
375 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Light-hearted librarian Charlie Harris is known around his hometown of Athena, Mississippi, for walking his cat, a rescued Maine Coon named Diesel. But he may soon be taken for a walk himself-- in handcuffs ... Charlie is stressed out. The Southern Academic Libraries Association is holding this year's annual meeting at Athena College. Since Charlie is the interim library director, he must deliver the welcome speech to all the visiting librarians....
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Fountas & Pinnell
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Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
When Littletown Library is destroyed by a tornado, it seems like book-loving Nia is the only one who cares; so she starts the "new free library" under the tree where she used to read, and writes out familiar stories and rhymes that are just a little bit wrong, and encourages the people who check them out to correct them--until soon the whole of Littletown is filled with people reading and writing books.
58) A library
Author
Publisher
Versify, a division of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
32 pages (unpaged) : illustrations (colour) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In what other place can a child "sail their dreams" and "surf the rainbow" without ever leaving the room? This ode to libraries is a celebration for everyone who loves stories, from seasoned readers to those just learning to love words, and it will have kids and parents alike imagining where their library can take them. This inspiring read-aloud includes stunning illustrations and a note from Nikki Giovanni about the importance of libraries in her...
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
74 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It's the third day of summer vacation, and Lark's halmoni--that's Korean for grandmother--has promised to take Lark and her twin brother, Connor, to the library. The only trouble is, they arrive to discover that Mrs. Robinson, the town librarian, has lost her key. Can rookie detectives Lark and Connor solve the mystery of the missing key?"--Back cover.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 21
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
1991
Physical Desc
121 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
At an old library, the Alden children discover a boy who needs their help and a stranger who is after a valuable object they found in the library.
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