Zeltser, David

Summary: The Polar Express meets The Night at the Museum in this fantastical picture-book adventure about the magic of books and libraries, perfect for book lovers of all ages! After a young boy goes to sleep upset that he's getting a book for his birthday, he's visited in the night by Patience and Fortitude, the two stone lions who guard the New York Public Library. Soon, he's magically whisked away...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ZEL

Doerr, Anthony

Summary: "From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of perhaps the most bestselling and beloved literary fiction of our time comes a triumph of imagination and compassion, a soaring novel about children on the cusp of adulthood in a broken world, who find resilience, hope, and story. The heroes of Cloud Cuckoo Land are children trying to figure out the world around them, and to survive. In the besieged...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2021

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOE

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Doerr 2021

Giovanni, Nikki

Summary: 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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, a division of HarperCollins Publishers 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GIO

Doerr, Anthony

Summary: Thirteen-year-old Anna, an orphan, lives inside the formidable walls of Constantinople in a house of women who make their living embroidering the robes of priests. Restless, insatiably curious, Anna learns to read, and in this ancient city, famous for its libraries, she finds a book, the story of Aethon, who longs to be turned into a bird so that he can fly to a utopian paradise in the sky....

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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