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Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
322 p. ; 21 cm.
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
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2011.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 26 cm.
Description
Dorothy has always wanted to work in a library like the red brick one of her girlhood, but after moving to rural North Carolina she discovers that the type of library is less important than the books and the people who read them.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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
Series
Miss Smith volume 3
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 x 28 cm.
Description
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.
Author
Series
Fish Finelli volume 1
Formats
Description
Fish Finelli and his friends set out to find Captain Kidd's treasure, rumored to be buried on nearby Lyons Island, but it seems like the local library director is looking for it as well--and finding the treasure may be the key to saving the island from developers.
Author
Publisher
Pow! Kids Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm
Description
Returning to her post on a bench in front of the burned-out remains of a beloved library, a dedicated librarian reads out loud from books that have survived until her persistence helps bolster her community's recovery, in a story inspired by the Bosnian War bombing of the National Library of Sarajevo.
Author
Series
Lost Books (Sarah Prineas) volume 1
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
296 pages : illustration ; 22 cm.
Description
When the books of the palace library become infected with an evil magic, unlikely friends Alex and Kenneret set out to find who or what is behind the books and what they plan for the rest of the kingdom.
Author
Series
How to be a supervillain volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
314 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
When twelve-year-old do-gooder Victor Spoil gets a job at the library, he uncovers a plot by the librarians to hypnotize all the adults of the world.
18) The Lending Zoo
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
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.
19) Memento Mori
Author
Series
Tales from the Haunted Mansion volume 4
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
c2019.
Physical Desc
219 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Description
Amicus Arcane is about to retire from his position as the ghost librarian of the Haunted Mansion. But before he does, Amicus wants to find the scariest story of all, so he invites ghost writers from all over the world to the Haunted Mansion to tell their tales. As he hears these frightening fictions, Amicus will soon realize that the scariest story of all is--well, that would be telling, wouldn't it? Return with us, foolish mortals, if you dare......
Author
Series
Tales from the Haunted Mansion volume 2
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
225 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Description
"Welcome foolish mortals, to the lonesome library of the Haunted Mansion. Return to the happiest haunt on earth for more terrifying tales from beyond the grave. But take caution--for when the clock strikes twelve, the most macabre medium of them all will establish contact with the other side, and ghastly ghosts will materialize. So read on, if you dare, but beware midnight at Madame Leota's!--Page [4] of cover.
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