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5) Library Lil
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
A formidable librarian makes readers not only out of the once resistant residents of her small town, but out of a tough-talking, television-watching motorcycle gang as well.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Readers learn how fascinating a trip to the library can be as they read about one child's exciting visit. This fictionalized approach to a popular childhood experience allows readers to learn important facts about the library in an accessible way. Easy-to-follow text and colorful illustrations keep readers entertained as they learn. Beginning readers will be eager to go to the library to find more books.
Author
Series
Beverly Billingsly books volume 1
Publisher
Silver Whistle/ Harcourt
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Beverly is thrilled to finally check out a book with her own library card, but when she accidentally keeps the book too long she worries that she'll have to pay a huge fine or go to jail.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
"From the author of MONSTER TRUCK and STARRING CARMEN comes a gorgeous and lyrical story about Pura Belpré, a Puerto Rican librarian who changed the world"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Little Bigfoot, an imprint of Sasquatch Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
"A beautifully illustrated children's biography of Beverly Cleary, from her roots in Portland to her years as a librarian and an eventual children's book writer. The debut book in Little Bigfoot's new Growing to Greatness series of notable people from the Pacific Northwest"--
Author
Language
English
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Formats
Description
*ALA Notable Children's book 2006 *
Celebrated author-illustrator Jeanette Winter weaves a hopeful tale of one woman's courageous book rescue.
In the Spring of 2003, Alia Muhammad Baker was the city of Basra's real-life librarian. She was the keeper of cherished books and her library was a haven for community gatherings.
But with war imminent in Basra, Iraq, what could this lone woman do to save her precious books?
With lyrical, spare...
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
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Description
During the early days of the Great Depression, New York City's first Puerto Rican librarian, Pura Belpré, introduces the public library to immigrants living in El Barrio and hosts the neighborhood's first Three Kings' Day fiesta.
16) The wizard's war
Author
Series
Key hunters volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This time Cleo, Evan, and Ms. Crowley (who, it turns out, is the missing Ms. Hilliard's sister) find themselves in a confusing fantasy book, caught up in a war with wizards, elves, trolls, and the mighty Golden Dragon--and while they manage to find their missing librarian, their quest does not end there.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A touching story about Japanese American children who corresponded with their beloved librarian while they were imprisoned in World War II internment camps. When Executive Order 9066 is enacted after the attack at Pearl Harbor, children's librarian Clara Breed's young Japanese American patrons are to be sent to prison camp. Before they are moved, Breed asks the children to write her letters and gives them books to take with them. Through the three...
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