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Author
Series
My weird school volume 3
Language
English
Description
A.J. and his classmates are convinced that new school librarian, Mrs. Roopy, has multiple personality disorder because she keeps pretending to be famous people.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Alcatraz Smedry and his companions seek Al's father and grandfather in the Great Library of Alexandria, where they face undead, soul-stealing wraiths called the Curators of Alexandria, and one of the Scrivener's Bones, a part-human, part-machine mercenary.
Author
Series
The Brixton Brothers volume 1
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Steve Brixton, a fan of Bailey Brothers detective novels, is mistaken for a real detective, he must elude librarians, police, and the mysterious Mr. E as he seeks a missing quilt containing coded information.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A family living in the Appalachian Mountains in the 1930s gets books to read during the regular visits of the "Book Woman"--a librarian who rides a pack horse through the mountains, lending books to the isolated residents.
12) The lost library
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When a mysterious little free library (guarded by a large orange cat) appears overnight in the small town of Martinville, eleven-year-old Evan plucks two weathered books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to change. Evan and his best friend Rafe quickly discover a link between one of the old books and a long-ago event that none of the grown-ups want to talk about. The two boys start asking questions whose answers will transform...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's a new school year, and something is different. The students' beloved librarian, Ms. Stack, has retired. The new librarian, Ms. Bangle, is not the same! She has different ways of doing, well, everything! How will the students ever adjust? Change isn't easy, but it can be a positive experience. With a bit of patience, and a lot of heart, it can be positively brilliant"--Book jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A young librarian rides a pack horse through the mountains to deliver books to children in Appalachia during the Great Depression. Includes historical note on the packhorse library project.
16) Dear librarian
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this story based on the author's life, a young homeless girl finds a different kind of home in the library.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The first arrived by air, the second and third in a carryall on the ferry. The fourth was found sleeping on a pile of nets. Four little babies on one small island. Who were they? Where did they come from? "Please keep my baby safe," read the note pinned to a blanket. And the islanders do!" -- dust jacket.
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