Brezenoff, 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)Brezenoff, 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.
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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 BREMauleón, Daniel
Summary: Pablo, twelve, and his younger brother Alex find a book on extreme weather, only to discover the book does not just discribe weather, it creates it--and only the Librarian can control the book's power.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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Summary: Shay Isley loves to read but she has become bored by the usual stories so she turns to the horror section and finds the book, Attack of the Moon Beast; but when night comes this book turns into a monster, part werewolf and part book--and only the Librarian can save her and her little brother from becoming its prey.
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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 BREBrezenoff, Steven
Summary: Asher Symon falls behind in his reading assignments and is summoned before the ominous Sentencer for reading crimes, but will the boy face a lifetime sentence of punishment, or can the mighty Librarian prove a slower learning pace is no crime?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BREAusten, Mary
Summary: Discover the different things librarians do through simple text and photographs of librarians at work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: KidHaven Publishing 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 020.92 AUSStead, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC STEManushkin, Fran
Summary: When Katie's parents take her to the library one rainy Saturday, she finds a lot of her friends and, with the help of librarian Miss Bliss, takes home some "super-duper" books. Includes glossary, discussion questions, and an interview.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE MANBrezenoff, Steven
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Dace finds a strange book in an antique dresser, and upon opening it he releases The Oldest Trick, an ancient evil which traps the boy in a fake nightmarish world--and only The Librarian can show him how to break the spell.
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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)Sanderson, Brandon
Summary: Alcatraz is a blubbering mess, so it's up to Bastille lead the charge against Biblioden, founder of the Evil Librarians, who is back to complete his goal of world domination.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC SANSigwarth, Lydia M.
Summary: When Lydia was five years old, she and her family had to leave their home. They hopped from Grandma's house to Aunt Linda's house to Cousin Alice's house, but no place was permanent. Then one day, everything changed. Lydia's mom took her to a new place ? not a house, but a big building with stone columns, and tall, tall steps. The library. In the library, Lydia found her special spot across...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG SIGYoung, Karen Romano
Summary: Eleven-year-old Pearl Moran cannot imagine life without the historic but under-utilised branch of the New York Public Library where she was born (in the Memorial Room) and where her single mother works as the circulation librarian; the other librarians, the neighbourhood people, the raccoons, and most of the 41,000 plus books all form the structure and essence of her life--but when someone cuts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC YOURaúl 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 RAUCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RAUClark, Karen Henry
Summary: "This is a non-fiction picture book biography of beloved Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl, focusing on her childhood"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bigfoot, an imprint of Sasquatch Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PEAFoxe, Steve
Summary: "Mr. Kazarian, the school librarian, is actually an extraterrestrial (with a holographic disguise) studying the behavior of human children, and if he wants to continue his research he will have to find a way to convince the four students who have discovered his secret not to expose him--perhaps by helping their assignment on gas giants with a quick trip to Jupiter."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone Imprint 2020
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Summary: "A lyrical, vibrant tribute to the amazing life and legacy of Pura Belpré, a lauded storyteller, librarian, and pioneer of bilingual storytimes" -- Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BELStowell, Louie
Summary: Kit is a wizard. The youngest wizard in the world, in fact. But her magic keeps going wrong, and all kinds of weird stuff has started happening - exploding fireballs, animals talking when they shouldn't be, and a very strange new arrival in a nearby park. So Kit and her two best friends - along with their local librarian - set off to investigate, and to save the world again.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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Summary: "The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around, and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five years old he's been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to cross half the world in search of it. Then a stunning opportunity presents itself, in the person of a hero called...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: YA PA FIC TAYFrench, Vivian
Summary: It's not much fun being a princess: you have to be prim, proper and obedient. Princess Peony lives in a world full of magical creatures - hags, trolls, giants and fairy godmothers - but her father's strict rules leave her feeling bored and lonely. She wants to learn how to DO things, and cooking's at the top of her list. But when Peony borrows a recipe book from the public library, the king has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FREBee, William
Summary: Stanley the hamster has a busy day as he takes his bookmobile to the park, hands out books, hosts an author signing and then partakes in his comforting nighttime routine, in the colorful salute to reading, libraries and librarians! Illustrations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree 2021
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BEECummings, Troy
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2020
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE CUMJohn, Jory
Summary: "The bad seed is in a good mood...for once. That's because there's a really cool book at the library available for checkout. The bad seed reads, and reads, until the book can't be read anymore. But suddenly, he gets bad news: The book must be returned to the library so another seed can enjoy it. Will the bad seed return to his baaaaaad ways and keep the book?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN JOHAlexander, Heather
Summary: From books to puppet shows, from author signings to computer research and from special collections to very important rules, readers learn about libraries and the value of reading, sharing, and community in this book.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Set Shine Light Alexander 2019Schu, John
Summary: "Children's literacy advocate John Schu and Caldecott Honor recipient Lauren Castillo celebrate the power of finding the perfect book--in a story that's more relevant than ever. With a sea-horse kite in hand, a child heads out with Dad to the library. On the way they stop at a park, joining lots of people, some of whom are flying kites, too. At the library, a person toting a big pile of books...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023