Yolen, Jane
Summary: In 1930's rural Kentucky, Anna Mary, rhymes with library, and her horse, Sand, go from farm to farm to deliver books to the delight of both children and adults.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YOLSpence, Annie
Summary: The author presents a collection of love letters and break-up notes addressed to the books she's encountered throughout her career as a librarian.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 SPECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 SPESpence, Annie
Summary: This librarian's snarky, laugh-out-loud funny, and deeply moving collection of love letters and break-up notes to books in her life is a perfect listen for book lovers.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 808.3 SPESpence, Annie
Summary: This librarian's snarky, laugh-out-loud funny, and deeply moving collection of love letters and break-up notes to books in her life is a perfect listen for book lovers.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 808.3 SPEPatterson, James
Summary: To be a bookseller or librarian... You have to play detective. Be a treasure hunter. A matchmaker. An advocate. A visionary. A person who creates "book joy" by pulling a book from a shelf, handing it to someone and saying, "You've got to read this. You're going to love it." Step inside The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians and enter a world where you can feed your curiosities, discover...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024
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Summary: When Olaf stands in for the village librarian, he has big plans to bring in crowds of people.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E DISHenson, Heather.
Summary: 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.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods Studios 2010
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JFIC HENErnst, Lisa Campbell.
Summary: As she tries to find the book that she must return to the library that day, Stella gathers a growing group of people who have all enjoyed reading the book.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC ERNBlaylock, Bonnie
Summary: "The folks in the Kentucky Appalachians are scraping by. Coal mining and hardscrabble know-how are a way of life for these isolated people. But when Amanda Rye, a young widowed mother and traveling packhorse librarian, comes through a mountain community hit hard by the nation's economic collapse, she brings with her hope, courage, and apple pie. Along the way, Amanda takes a shine to the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BLAStead, Rebecca
Summary: "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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2023
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Summary: Junia, a dedicated mule with an important job, assists in delivering books and reading material to people in the Kentucky hills and woods during the Great Depression.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2024
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Summary: 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E HENCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Fiction HensonCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE HENKrosoczka, Jarrett
Summary: The school lunch lady, a secret crime fighter, sets out to stop a group of librarians bent on destroying a shipment of video games, while a group of students known as the Breakfast Bunch provides back-up.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 KROCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Graphic LunCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: JFIC KRO SPINDLEPearlman, Robb
Summary: Mr. Stephen is a great librarian, but when it comes to crafts and story time no one does it better than substitute librarian Ms. Stacks.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PEABrezenoff, Steven
Summary: While cramming for her spelling test at an old library, Avery suddenly finds the words of her vocabulary workbook coming alive and wrapping around her --it is a cursed book, created by the evil Spellbinder, and only the Librarian can help her escape from the trap.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BRECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BREGarland, Michael
Summary: When Miss Smith brings her students to the public library, they not only meet Virginia Creeper, the librarian, but also a host of frightening creatures that emerge from the pages of the "Incredible Storybook" as Ms. Creeper reads her favorite tales.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2009
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2 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: E GarCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE FIC GARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE GARSager Weinstein, Jacob
Summary: A super-secret operative saves the world from a diabolical threat with her ability to brandish just the right book at the right time in this delightful superhero tale.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Dreamscape Media, LLC 2019
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Lloyd, Megan Wagner
Summary: Katie loves building with blocks. She's bored by books. Her brother Owen likes to lose himself in a story. A school librarian convinces them to see the possibilities in the other's hobby.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E LloCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LLOSummary: When a sickly young girl suddenly becomes obsessed with inventing new things, her family and friends are all puzzled. 'What has gotten into Myne?' they wondered, never dreaming that the answer is not a 'What' but a 'Who': Urano Motosu, a book-loving apprentice librarian who died in an earthquake in Tokyo who somehow found herself in Myne's body! And since Myne's world is still in a medieval...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Anime, Call number: BLU-RAY ANIME ASCBottner, Barbara.
Summary: A first-grade girl who does not like to read stubbornly resists her school librarian's efforts to convince her to love books until she finds one that might change her mind.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BOTCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BOTCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Bottner 2010Hamilton, Masha.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HAMCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HAMMakkai, Rebecca.
Summary: When her favorite patron, a book-loving ten-year-old, runs away from overbearing parents who force him to attend anti-gay classes with a celebrity pastor, children's librarian Lucy Hull flees with the boy and discovers that they are being pursued by an anonymous adversary.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2011
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC MAKMakkai, Rebecca.
Summary: When her favorite patron, a book-loving ten-year-old, runs away from overbearing parents who force him to attend anti-gay classes with a celebrity pastor, children's librarian Lucy Hull flees with the boy and discovers that they are being pursued by an anonymous adversary.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAKRaúl the Third
Summary: "Little Lobo and his friends are excited for the out-of-this-world book festival the Guadalupian Library hosts every year! Everyone has a special book they're looking for, but there's so much to see and do first. From cookbook demonstrations and comics workshops to mask making and language classes, this library has something for everyone. Can Little Lobo, Bernabé, Kooky Dooky, Coco Rocho, and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023