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Publisher
Chicago Review Press
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Drawing on first-hand experiences from six years of professional work as a librarian in high-poverty neighborhoods of Washington, DC, as well as interviews and research, the author highlights the national problems that have existed in libraries since theywere founded-racism, segregation and class inequalities.
4) The public
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
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Description
When a brutal blast of cold hits Cincinnati, the public library transforms from a safe haven for the homeless into a potential war zone. Those who have no place of retreat to evade the cold stage a sit-in inside the library where they are tended by members of the library's staff. Soon the police arrive and a stand-off threatens to bring tragedy to the homeless individuals and those who care about their well-being. An eye-opening exploration of the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
90 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
It has been a busy summer of makerspace projects at the library and monster hunting for the three members of the Super Secret Monster Patrol, and the puddles that are appearing all over town are a clue to the identity of another monster--an angry hydra water monster who is obsessed with cleaning up (literally) the town of Stermont, even if it means drowning all the messy children who live there.
9) Brute-cake
Author
Series
Binder of Doom volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
90 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
It has been several months since monsters last plagued the town of Stermont, and frankly Alexander Bopp (leader of the Super Secret Monster Patrol) is bored, and misses his friends Rip (immersed in video games) and Nikki (soccer camp), so when his father signs him up for a summer maker program at the library he is happy to go--but soon he starts finding weird old-timey objects, and monster trading cards, and it starts to look like maybe monsters are...
10) Library babies
Author
Publisher
Duo Press, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 15 cm
Description
Here come the library babies, ready to give you a tour of their favorite local library! There's no place more magical than a library, where adventures can be had both inside the pages of a book and out. Here you can find hidden nooks for reading, encounter new worlds during story time, and take the big step of signing up for your very first library card. From puppet shows to getting to take out towering stacks of books to enjoy at home, this joyful...
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
191 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Description
"Many of us have vivid recollections of childhood visits to the public library: the unmistakable, slightly musty scent, the excitement of checking out a stack of newly-discovered books. Today's libraries also function as de facto community centers, and offer free access to the Internet, job-hunting assistance, or a warm place to take shelter along with the endless possibilities that spark your imagination the moment you open the cover of a book. There...
Author
Publisher
ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
xviii, 194 pages ; 23 cm
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"Developing the capacity of public libraries to endure in the face of our ever changing world is of primary concern to public library leaders. How do we connect with our communities, remain relevant, make good use of the funds invested in our organizations and care for the people, places and things that constitute our institutions? Public libraries are uniquely positioned educational institutions; we have the ability to teach not only through our...
Author
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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.
14) The world's strongest librarian: a memoir of Tourette's, faith, strength, and the power of family
Author
Publisher
Gotham Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
x, 291 pages ; 25 cm
Description
An inspiring story of how a Mormon kid with Tourette's found salvation in books and weight-lifting.
15) Boa constructor
Author
Series
Binder of Doom volume 2
Publisher
Branches/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
90 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
Something is stealing machine parts from all over Stermont, including a wrecking ball from a local construction site, and Alexander and his fellow monster hunters, Rip, and Nikki, fear that it is building a Stermont-smashing machine--so the friends must use the resources of the summer maker program at the library to stop this monster, and perhaps even solve the mystery of who is leaving monster trading cards where the Super Secret Monster Patrol can...
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"After the tragic death his beloved musician father, fourteen-year-old Benny Oh begins to hear voices. The voices belong to the things in his house-a sneaker, a broken Christmas ornament, a piece of wilted lettuce. Although Benny doesn't understand what these things are saying, he can sense their emotional tone; some are pleasant, a gentle hum or coo, but others are snide, angry and full of pain. When his mother, Annabelle, develops a hoarding problem,...
17) The library book
Author
Description
"In The Library Book, Orlean chronicles the LAPL fire and its aftermath to showcase the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives; delves into the evolution of libraries across the country and around the world, from their humble beginnings as a metropolitan charitable initiative to their current status as a cornerstone of national identity; brings each department of the library to vivid life through on-the-ground reporting; studies arson...
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Description
The story of RoseAleta Laurell, who arrived in Lockheart, Texas, in 1989 to be the head of the Dr. Eugene Clark Library. The library was outdated, so she spent a week on the library roof to raise money and interest in the library, with special emphasis on a new children's section.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 22 cm.
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Description
They're getting married! Lucy Richardson and Connor McNeil have announced their engagement. Their friends throw a party but ... who should arrive, but Richard Eric Lewiston III, Lucy's former almost-fiancé and his overbearing mother Evangeline. Push comes to love when Evangeline makes no secret of why she's here: to get Lucy and Ricky back together ... Evangeline throws a dinner party ... for a reluctant Lucy and her family ... But when a body is...
Author
Series
How-to-do-it manuals for libraries volume no. 106
Publisher
Neal-Schuman Publishers
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
xv, 217 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
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