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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YOLBrezenoff, Steven
Summary: Whitney and Ben are two middle school students on a field trip to a college library for a research project; but the bored teens venture through a door marked "Special Collection Sinister History" and meet the evil Archivist who collects tales of the world's oldest, most terrifying creatures and uses magic to bring them to life--she is looking to bring a local legend called The Stalker into the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC BRE (Graphic Novel)Barry, Mark
Summary: Bear learns to read from a book he finds in the woods, so, hoping for more, he sets out for the city, but people tell him that books are not for bears and chase him away--except for the librarian, who understands.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BARLehane, Cornelius
Summary: An invitation from a prestigious liberal arts college to buy their mystery-novel collection comes as a welcome surprise for Raymond Ambler, crime-fiction curator at New York City's prestigious 42nd Street Library. But his pleasure quickly turns sour when the collection's curator - Ambler's friend Sam Abernathy - tells him he plans to fight the acquisition tooth and nail. Why would Abernathy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2024
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Summary: Overseeing a "zoo-brary" that lends out all types of animals, librarian Miss Perkins discovers that the tiger has gone missing, a disappearance that triggers a citywide search alongside a new friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ASCBrook, Allison
Summary: Carrie Singleton is just about done with Clover Ridge, Connecticut. Then she's offered a job as the head of programs and events at the local library-- which comes complete with its own ghost. Her first major event is a program presented by retired homicide detective Al Buckley, who claims he knows who murdered Laura Foster, a much-loved part-time library aide who was bludgeoned to death fifteen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: M BROPearlman, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PEARaúl 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RAUSt. James, Dorothy
Summary: Trudell Beckett succeeded in building a secret book room in her now bookless library, where book lovers can rejoice in the printed word. The last thing she needs is a mysterious vandal who seems intent on creating chaos. The interloper doesn't steal anything, but brutalizes the books, damaging them and knocking them off shelves. A patron of the secret book room tells Tru that there have been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, A part of Gale, a Cengage Company. 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC ST.JGates, Eva
Summary: "Wealthy businessman Jay Ruddle is considering donating his extensive collection of North Carolina historical documents to the Bodie Island Lighthouse Library, but the competition for the collection is fierce. Unfortunately, while the library is hosting a lecture on ghostly legends, Jay becomes one of the dearly departed in the rare books section. Now, it's up to Lucy Richardson and her fellow...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GATEdwards, John
Summary: When Olaf stands in for the village librarian, he has big plans to bring in crowds of people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2020
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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.
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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
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE GARWingate, Marty
Summary: "Hayley Burke is determined to make the First Edition Library a success in every way but was not counting on having to solve an old friend's murder in this all-new mystery from USA Today bestselling author Marty Wingate. I am happy to report that I am finally settling in to my position as curator of Lady Fowling's collection of first edition mysteries at the First Edition Library in Middlebank...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC WINGates, Eva
Summary: "They're getting married! Lucy Richardson and Connor McNeil have announced their engagement. Their friends throw a party for the couple at Coquina Beach, close to Lucy's beloved Bodie Island Lighthouse Library. As they're packing up the presents and the (few) leftovers from Josie's Cozy Bakery, who should arrive, but Richard Eric Lewiston III, Lucy's former almost-fiancé and his overbearing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GATDeedy, Carmen Agra.
Summary: Miss Lotta Scales is a dragon who believes her job is to protect the school's library books from the children, but when she finally realizes that books are meant to be read, the dragon turns into Miss Lotty, librarian and storyteller.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 1996
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: P-J Basket DEEGates, Eva
Summary: "Lucy planned the perfect Outer Banks wedding, until one of the guests goes missing. Before Lucy can look forward to the rest of her life and the work she does at the Bodie Island Lighthouse Library, she gets a phone call from her boss, Bertie. Eddie, Bertie's friend, never made it back home after the reception. Initially, Lucy doesn't think anything of it. But then she discovers the body of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2023
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Summary: "Books that aren't finished by their authors reside in the Library of the Unwritten in Hell, but when restless characters who emerge from those unfinished stories escape, it is up to the Librarian to track them down...and keep the collection complete. Many years ago, Claire was named head librarian of the Unwritten Wing--a neutral space in Hell where all the stories unfinished by their authors...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ace 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HACBeatrice, Jenna
Summary: When loud-voiced Penelope becomes student-librarian, she is determined to prove she is perfect for the job while staying true to herself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BEAGates, Eva
Summary: Workers dig into the earth to repair the Bodie Island Lighthouse Library's foundations. But the digging halts when Lucy pulls a battered tin box containing a Civil War-era diary from the pit. Tucked inside is a hand drawn map of the Outer Banks accompanied by a page written in an indecipherable code. Later that night, Lucy finds the body of historical society member Jeremy Hughes inside the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing A part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GATMorris, Carla D.
Summary: Melvin discovers that the public library is the place where he can find just about anything--including three librarians who help in his quest for knowledge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC MorCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FICTION MorrisWingate, Marty
Summary: "Hayley Burke has landed a dream job. She is the new curator of Lady Georgiana Fowling's First Edition library. The library is kept at Middlebank House, a lovely Georgian home in Bath, England. Hayley lives on the premises and works with the finicky Glynis Woolgar, Lady Fowling's former secretary. Mrs. Woolgar does not like Hayley's ideas to modernize The First Edition Society and bring in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC WINCowell, Cressida.
Summary: It's Hiccup's birthday, but he must save his dragon, Toothless, from being banished. He sneaks into the Meathead Public Library to steal the Vikings' sacred book, but must brave the Hairy Scary Librarian, the army of Meathead Warriors, and the Driller Dragons.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company Books for Young Readers/Hachette Book Group 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC COWHowe, James
Summary: Making their weekly visit to the library, Houndsley, Catina, and their friend Bert are dismayed to learn that the library is closing because nobody is available to take over for the retiring librarian.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE HOWCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR Purple Howe 2020Varnes, Allison
Summary: Twelve-year-old June Harper, shocked when her parents go on a campaign to clear the Dogwood Middle School library of objectionable books, starts a secret banned books library in an empty locker.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2018