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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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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 they were founded-racism, segregation and class inequalities.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
There's a costume party at the library! Spot wants to dress up as his favorite character. Can you find Spot now that he's in costume? Join Spot and all his friends as they read books in the library and think about their favorite books and characters. With all the humor that made Where's Spot? a children's classic, the engaging lift-the-flap format, and a lovely celebration of reading and books, this is sure to be another favorite Spot adventure.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A brilliantly inventive new novel about loss, growing up, and our relationship with things ... After the tragic death of 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,...
7) The Public
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold.
10) Out to lunch
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Between working on the medieval project for third grade and helping move books and redecorate the children's section at the public library, Abby Spencer and her friends, the Book Bunch, have their hands full--but Mrs. Mackenzie has promised them a really special lunch as a reward.
Author
Series
Library lover's mysteries volume 8
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Lindsey Norris and her staff are gearing up for the Briar Creek Library's annual Dinner in the Stacks fund-raiser ... but instead of raising funds, the new library board president is busy raising a stink and making the staff miserable. When Olive publicly threatens the library's newest hire, Paula, Lindsey cracks like an old book spine and throws Olive out of the library. The night of the fund-raiser, Lindsey ... finds Paula crouched over Olive's...
13) The world's strongest librarian: a memoir of Tourette's faith, strength, and the power of family
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Series
Library lover's mysteries volume 11
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Love is in the air in Briar Creek as library director Lindsey Norris and boat captain Mike (Sully) Sullivan are finally tying the knot. The entire town is excited for the happy day, and Lindsey and Sully's plan for a small wedding evaporates as more and more people insist upon attending the event of the year. When Lindsey and her crafternoon pals head out to Bell Island to see if it can accommodate the ever-expanding guest list, they are horrified...
15) Brute-cake
Author
Series
Binder of Doom volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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...
Author
Series
Lola books (Anna McQuinn) volume 1
Language
English
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Every Tuesday Lola and her mother visit their local library to return and check out books, attend story readings, and share a special treat.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
La historia de cualquier incendio es la historia de un olvido, por eso casi nadie recuerda lo que ocurrió el 29 de abril de 1986. Aquel día la Biblioteca Pública de Los Ángeles amaneció consumida por el fuego, cuatrocientos mil libros se convirtieron en cenizas y otros setecientos mil quedaron irremediablemente dañados. Siete horas ardieron las estanterías y las mesas y los ficheros, pero ningún periódico cubrió la noticia porque al otro...
18) Presumed missing
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A lot of Abby's favorite books have gone missing at the local public library and she suspects a strange man that she has seen there but Jeremy, the bully in her class, and his four-year-old hyperactive brother Evan are complicating her investigation.
20) The library book
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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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 attempts to burn a...
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