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Interesting Note: The
Recent Title "Double Fold" Libraries & the Assault on Paper
seems to be along the
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Library
Quarterly article written in "1937"
"Librarians as Enemies
of Books"
Visit this website for
Librarians: describes how to put on Library EBook exhibitions
The
(r)Evolutionary (e)Book Model
by: William Harroff
2001
Libraries need
to be at the forefront of a new art/writing/reading scholarship
that breaks free of old
traditions.
Librarians
in Fiction: A Critical Bibliography
Grant
Burns
From The Publisher
All entries include complete
bibliographic data,
followed by a lengthy
annotation that discusses how
the librarian fits into
the story and gives insight
to how he or she is depicted.
Title and author indexes
are provided for further utility.
Reviews
From Booknews :
Describes some 370 novels,
short stories, and plays in
English in which librarians
are central characters.
Annotations discuss how
the librarian character
fits into the story and
give insight into how
he or she is depicted.
An introduction discusses
stereotypes
of librarians in literature.
Annotation c. by Book
News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Presentation:
The Image of the Librarian
in Fiction
ils.pjkinfo.co.uk/CMLIS/
Here is another Bibliography:
By Laura Cobrinik, (online
from "Marginal Librarian")
Librarians As Characters
In Fiction:
Biographies, Poetry and
The History of Libraries,
Including Textbooks
For Library Studies
Librarians
as Characters in Fiction
"Poems"
on Libraries & Books
See too: LibraryBooks4U.com
www.librarybooks4u.com/
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Clarence
the Copy Cat
Patricia Lakin, Pat Lakin
ISBN: 0385908547 | Publisher:
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date: October 2002
| Age Range: 5 to 8
From the Publisher
Clarence has finally
found a home in the town library,
but will he be ousted
when the librarian discovers his uselessness as a mouser?
This is one of my Favorite
books for kids..
and library workers -
The
Librarian from the Black Lagoon
Mike Thaler, Jared Lee (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0590503111
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
Pub. Date: June 1997
Recommend Age Range: 6 to
8
From the publisher:
Mrs. Beamster may be the
school librarian, but the kids all know her as "The Laminator".
If she catches you whispering,
you're laminated!
Amelia
Bedelia, Bookworm
Herman S. Parish, Lynn
Sweat (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0060518901
Age Range: 5 to 8 | Pub.
Date: August 2003
From the Publisher
Overdue for some
fun?
If so, check out everyone's
favorite-minded housekeeper, Amelia Bedelia. Nothing makes Amelia Bedelia
happier than helping people and doing exactly as she's told. And what could
be more satisfying than a day spent volunteering at the library?
But Mrs. Page, the librarian,
is surprised when Amelia Bedelia steals away in the bookmobile for a bookstore
visit. Can Amelia Bedelia explain that she was just trying to go by the
book? Or will she have the book thrown at her for this latest misunderstanding?
The
Librarian Who Measured the Earth, Vol. 1
Kathryn Lasky, Kevin
Hawkes (Illustrator)
From School Library Journal
Gr 2-5-This picture book
covers the life of Eratosthenes of Cyrene,
a geographer who estimated
the circumference
of the Earth in around 200
B.C..
Though he was in fact a
librarian,
he is famous for his scientific
accomplishments.
Since little is known about
his personal life,
Lasky describes his early
years in general terms. \
-Steven Engelfried, West
Lynn Library, OR
Beverly
Billingsly Borrows a Book
by Alexander Stadler
ISBN: 0152025103
Publisher: Harcourt
Pub. Date: April 2002
Edition Desc: 1ST
Recommend Age Range: 5 to
7
Book Description
One very special morning
Beverly Billingsly becomes a proud new card-carrying member
of the Piedmont Public Library.
But what happens when she forgets to return her book
by its due date? Will Beverly
ever be able to borrow another book? Beverly and her favorite librarian,
Mrs. Del Rubio, prove just
how friendly a place the library can be.
In his picture book debut,
Alexander Stadler introduces an endearing character
sure to delight readers
of all ages. Full-color illustrations
Stuart
at the Library
Susan Hill Lydia Halverson
(Illustrator)
ISBN: 0064443035
Publisher: HarperCollins
Children's Books
Pub. Date: October
2001
Edition Desc: 1 ED
Recommend Age Range: 5 to
6
From the Publisher
What could be more peaceful
than spending an afternoon at the library? For Stuart Little,
the library turns out to
be anything but that after he meets Bookworm, the library's owl.
Bookworm has plans to make
Stuart his next meal — unless Stuart can think fast!
Inspired by the hit movie
Stuart Little, this new story will have Stuart's many fans on the edge
of their seats!
The
Mariah DeLaney Lending Library Disaster
Shelia
Greenwald
ISBN: 0618049290
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Company
Pub. Date: May 2000
Recommend Age Range: 7 to
10
From the Publisher
By the time Mariah Delaney
reaches the sixth grade, she's started to come up with all kinds of moneymaking
schemes.
To her book-loving parents'
dismay, she is much more interested in business than books.
In a desperate effort to
show Mariah the joys of reading, her mother brings her to the library.
Mariah gets hooked on books,
but not quite in the way her mother had intended.
For, upon discovering the
library closed because of cutbacks in funding,
Mariah is inspired with
her most ambitious venture to date: the Mariah Delaney Lending Library.
Lending out her parents'
valuable books and charging overdue fines seems like the perfect plan.
But Mariah soon realizes
it is much easier to loan than to retrieve...
Locked
in the Library! (Arthur Chapter Books Series)
Marc
Brown
ISBN: 0316115584
Publisher: Little, Brown
& Company
Pub. Date: June 1998
Recommend Age Range: 5 to
7
The
Inside-Outside Book of Libraries
Julie
Cummins Roxie Munro
ISBN:
0525456082
Publisher:
Penguin Putnam , Inc.
c.
1996
Recommend
Age Range: 5 to 8
Synopsis
This
"volume offers a tour of specific American libraries: . . . in New York
City, the Chatham Square Library in Chinatown, the Explorers Club library,
and the Andrew Heiskell Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped;
the tiny public library on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina; the Library
of Congress in Washington, D.C.; the library aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft
carrier Abraham Lincoln; in California, the Folsom State Prison Library
and the Berkeley Public Library Tool Lending Library; the Meadows Elementary
School Library in Plano, Texas; the Internet as 'a library without walls';
and home libraries in houses, apartments, and trailers
I
Took My Frog to the Library (Picture Puffins)
by
Eric A. Kimmel, Blanche Sims (Illustrator)
Reading
level: Ages 4-8
ISBN:
0833580876
Publisher:
Econo-Clad Books
Pub.
Date: October 1999
Annotation
When
Bridgett brings her pets to the library, the hyena laughs so loudly nobody
can hear the story,
the
giraffe tries to read over everybody's shoulder, and the frog jumps onto
the checkout desk, scaring the librarian.
But
it's the well-behaved elephant who causes the biggest problems of all!
Full-color throughout.
Richard
Wright and the Library Card
by
William Miller, Gregory Christie (Illustrator)
ISBN:
1880000881
Publisher:
Lee & Low Books, Inc.
Pub.
Date: September 1999
Recommend
Age Range: 12 and up
Annotation
Based
on a scene from Wright's autobiography, Black boy, in which the
seventeen-year-old
African-American borrows a white man's library card
and
devours every book as a ticket to freedom.
Tomas
and the Library Lady
by
Pat Mora, Raul Colon (Illustrator)
ISBN:
0375803491
Publisher:
Knopf Alfred A
Pub.
Date: February 2000
Annotation
While helping his family
in their work as migrant laborers far from their home, Tomas finds an entire
world to explore in the books at the local public library.
From the Publisher
Tomás is a son of
migrant workers. Every summer he and his family follow the crops north
from Texas to Iowa, spending long, arduous days in the fields. At night
they gather around to hear Grandfather's wonderful stories. But before
long, Tomás knows all the stories by heart. "There are more stories
in the library," Papa Grande tells him. The very next day, Tomás
meets the library lady and a whole new world opens up for him. Based on
the true story of the Mexican-American author and educator Tomás
Rivera, a child of migrant workers who went on to become the first minority
Chancellor in the University of California system, this inspirational story
suggests what libraries—and education—can make possible. Raul Colón's
warm, expressive paintings perfectly interweave the harsh realities of
Tomás's life, the joyful imaginings he finds in books, and his special
relationships with a wise grandfather and a caring librarian.
Aunt
Lulu
Daniel Manus Pinkwater
ISBN: 0689714130 | Publisher:
Simon & Schuster Children's
Pub. Date: April 1991 |
Age Range: 5 to 8
From The Critics
Publishers Weekly
The nephew of an irrepressible
librarian aunt tells of her days in Alaska, where she would harness her
14 huskies and deliver books to the miners;
Little
Bo Peep's Library Book
Cressida Cowell, Ascanio
Condivi
ISBN: 0531301796
Pub. Date: September
1999
Publisher: Orchard Books
Age Range: 5 to 7
Annotation
Little Bo Peep visits
the library where other nursery rhyme characters help her find a book
that will tell her how
to locate her lost sheep.
Includes three smaller
books inserted in pages.
The
Library Dragon
Carmen Agra Deedy
Michael P. White (Illustrator)
ISBN: 156145091X
Publisher: Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date: October
1994
Recommend Age Range: 5 to
7
Annotation
Miss Lotta Scales is a dragon
who believes her job is to protect the school's library books from the
children,
but when she finally realizes
that books are meant to be read, the dragon turns into Miss Lotty, librarian
and storyteller.
Mr.
Wiggle's Book
by
Paula M. Craig, Dan Sharp (Illustrator)
ISBN:
1568229755
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Children's Publishing
Pub.
Date: January 2002
Annotation
Mr.
Wiggle describes in rhyme the ways careless readers hurt their books.
BOOK
by
George Ella Lyon, Peter Catalanotto (Illustrator)
ISBN:
0789425602
Publisher:
DK Publishing, Inc.
Pub.
Date: March 1999
Edition
Desc: 1 ED
Recommend
Age Range: 5 to 9
Annotation
This
poem compares a book to a house, a treasure chest, a farm, and a tree full
of leaves.
From
the Publisher
"A
book is full of leaves that feed the tree of life, each page bound on one
edge, free on three".
In
words and paintings, "Book" captures the feeling of opening to page one--for
the first or fiftieth time--
and
entering the worlds of drama, imagination, and fun promised beyond it.
Full color.
The
Girl Who Hated Books
by
Manjusha Pawagi, Leanne Franson (Illustrator)
ISBN:
1582700060
Publisher:
Beyond Words Publishing
Pub.
Date: April 1999
Recommend
Age Range: 4 to 8
Reading
level: Ages 4-8
Editorial
Reviews
From
Booklist
Here's
a premise that many children--and their parents--will relate to. Meena's
parents love books, but Meena hates them. That's especially bad because
there are books all over the house--in drawers, on the sofa, but mostly
stacked to the ceiling. When Meena's cat winds up on top of one of the
tallest towers, Meena tries to rescue him. Instead, she knocks the books
over. Down they crash, and out of the pages fly Humpty Dumpty, Ali Baba,
Peter Rabbit, and other literary types. Meena tries to stuff them back
in their books, but she doesn't know where they belong, never having read
any of their stories. So she reads the books, and by the time she's finished
bringing the characters back home, she already misses them. Happily, she
realizes that all she has to do to see them again is open the book and
read. Pawagi cleverly tucks her message into a story that brims with appeal.
Although not as wildly inventive as they might have been, the watercolor
pictures are nicely crowded, with books and/or book characters. A useful
volume to have on hand. Ilene Cooper --This text refers to the Hardcover
edition.
Help!
I'm a Prisoner in the Library
by
Eth Clifford
ISBN:
0590443518
Publisher:
Scholastic, Inc.
Pub.
Date: February 1991
Recommend
Age Range: 9 to 12
Annotation
Two
girls spend an adventurous night trapped inside the public library during
a terrible blizzard.
From
the Publisher
Two
girls spend an adventure-filled night trapped inside the public library.
"Clifford's
extraordinary talents as a writer who keeps the action and surprises
coming
underpin her new antic adventure, its many moods ably depicted in Hughes's
15 drawings." -- Publishers Weekly
The
Girl Who Cried Monster (Goosebumps Series #8)
R.
L. Stine
ISBN:
0836819802
Publisher:
Gareth Stevens Audio
Pub.
Date: September 1997
Recommend
Age Range: 8 to 12
Annotation
Because twelve-year-old
Lucy pretends to see monsters
everywhere, no one believes
her when
she discovers that the librarian
in charge of the
summer reading program is
a real one.
From The Publisher
Lucy is sure the summer
librarian is a real-live
monster when she sees him
eating flies and
turning into a grotesque
creature.
The
Library Dragon
Carmen
Agra Deedy Michael P. White (Illustrator)
Annotation
Miss Lotta Scales is a dragon
who believes her job is
to protect the school's
library books from the children,
but when she finally realizes
that books are meant to be read,
the dragon turns into
Miss Lotty, librarian and
storyteller.
From The Publisher
When Sunrise Elementary
advertised for a thick-skinned
librarian with a burning
love of books,
Miss Lotta Scales knew she
was perfect for the job.
Who could guard books better
than a REAL dragon?
Amelia Bedelia, Bookworm
Herman S. Parish, Lynn Sweat
(Illustrator)
ISBN: 0060518901 | Pub.
Date: August 2003
Hardcover, August 2003
Library
Lil
Suzanne
Williams Steven Kellogg (Illustrator)
ISBN:
0140568379
Publisher:
Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
Pub.
Date: May 2001
Edition
Desc: REPRINT
Recommend
Age Range: 5 to 8
Synopsis
Lil is the book-loving librarian
of Chesterville,
where nobody has opened
a book in 20 years.
But Lil finds her chance
to turn her
townspeople onto reading
when a storm
knocks out the electricity
in their televisions.
Annotation
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.
Down
Cut Shin Creek: The Pack Horse Librarians of Kentucky
Kathi A. Appelt
Jeanne Cannella Schmitzer
ISBN: 006029244X
Publisher: HarperCollins
Children's Books
Pub. Date: May 2001
Edition Desc: 1 ED
Recommend Age Range: 8 to
12
From the Publisher
It's 4:30 in the morning,
and the "book woman" and her horse are already on their way.
Hers is an important job,
for the folks along her treacherous route are eager for
the tattered books and magazines
she carries in her saddlebags.
During the Great Depression,
thousands lived on the brink of starvation.
Many perished. In 1935 President
Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Works Progess Administration
under his 1933 New Deal
initiative.
The WPA was designed to
get people back on their feet.
One of its most innovative
programs was the Pack Horse Library Project of Eastern Kentucky.
Thoroughly researched and
illustrated with period photographs, this is the story of one
of the WPA's greatest successes.
People all over the country supported the project's goals.
But it was the librarians
themselves — young, determined, and earning just $28 a month —
who brought the hope of
a wider world to people in the crooks and hollows of Kentucky's Cumberland
Mountains.
Barney
and Baby Bop Go to the Library
Mark S. Bernthal Dennis
Full (Illustrator) Manufactured by Lyrick Publishing
ISBN: 1570644470
Publisher: Lyrick Studios
Pub. Date: January
1999
Recommend Age Range: For
infants or children in preschool.
Jonathan
Goes to the Library
Susan K. Baggette
William J. Moriarty (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0966017234
Publisher: Brookfield Reader,
Incorporated, The
Pub. Date: April 1998
Edition Desc: 1 ED
Recommend Age Range: For
infants or children in preschool.
Library:
From Ancient Scrolls to the World Wide Web
John Malam
ISBN: 0872265870
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Children's
Publishing
Pub. Date: April 2000
Annotation
Reveals the inner workings
of a large public library by examining the various departments
and their functions, the
equipment used, and the duties of the people who work there.
From Children's Literature
Although kids may be familiar
with their local libraries, they may not realize the magnitude of possibilities
available at these special facilities. This detailed book takes readers
on a tour of a large public library and introduces youngsters to different
library departments including—the lending library, special needs library,
book mobile, children's library, audiovisual and multimedia library, special
events, reference library, local studies library, business library, rare
book library, conservation area, and bindery. The author provides a useful
foldout section which closely examines the various areas of a typical library—from
the circulation desk and periodical area to the book stacks and computer
monitors. In addition to colorful illustrations and fascinating background
information, this resource also contains a brief history of libraries,
a look at famous libraries around the world, and a glossary.
Readers of all ages will
enjoy learning about the great opportunities and resources available at
their local libraries.
Part of the series "Building
Works." 1999, Peter Bedrick Books, $16.95. Ages 8 to 12. Reviewer: Debra
Briatico
Librarian
Charnan Simon
Hardcover, March 2003
| ISBN: 1567664644
Publisher: Child's World,
Incorporated, The
Age Range: 5 to 8
Series: Wonder Books
Level 3: Careers Ser.
From The Critics
Children's Literature
- Joyce Rice
Librarians do a lot more
than read books all day. While learning about the work of librarians, readers
will also learn about what you can do at the library. Readers are introduced
to the process of checking out books, how books and magazines are selected,
as well as the different kinds of libraries. This is an excellent book
for beginning career exploration with young children. Classroom teachers
may want to develop a unit on careers using these books as the starting
point. Librarians is part of the "Wonder Books" series of nonfiction, grade
level readers. Six titles are included in this portion of the series at
level three, with a glossary, an index, and references. Other books in
the series cover American landmarks, events in U. S. History, and values.
2003, The Child's World,
Check
It out!: The Book about Libraries
Gail Gibbons
ISBN: 0152164014
Publisher: Harcourt
Pub. Date: September
1988
Recommend Age Range: 5 to
8
From the Critics
From School Library Journal
PreS-Gr 3 A delightful beginning
concept book on libraries that gives a basic introduction to history, types,
organization and services in a colorful, entertaining manner. The illustrations
depict people of all ages, from all walks of life, enjoying many aspects
of the library. The text shows thoughtful organization and method encompassing
maximum information in minimum wording. The only confusing note appears
when describing the Library of Congress: ``Most books published in this
country are kept there,'' when, in actuality, a copy of most books published
is kept there. Gibbons provides a solid base for spinoff discussions, making
the book useful as an introduction to library skills and for discussion
in story hours. Written from a different viewpoint from Rockwell's I Like
the Library (Dutton, 1977) and Numeroff's Beatrice Doesn't Want To (Watts,
1981), Check It Out! offers an upbeat, positive image that shows libraries
as busy, interesting places. Marguerite Lewis, Glenmont Elementary School,
N.Y.
Libraries
Take Us Far
Lee Sullivan Sullivan Hill
Lee S. Hill
ISBN: 1575050722
Publisher: Lerner Publishing
Group, The
Pub. Date: March 1998
Recommend Age Range: 5 to
8
From the Publisher
In this beginning reader,
writer and engineer Lee Sullivan Hill explores all kinds of libraries,
from a cozy public library
in a small Midwestern town to a towering research library
to the a busy school media
center. In each setting, she shows how libraries connect us
to other people and launch
us on our way to new discoveries.
A
Day in the Life of a Librarian
Liza
N. Burby Ethan Zindler (Illustrator)
Annotation
Describes a typical work
day for a public librarian
as he answers reference
questions,
repairs microfilm readers,
weeds the collections, and
finds videos for patrons.
The
Library
Sarah
Stewart David Small (Illustrator)
ISBN:
0374343888
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Incorporated
Pub.
Date: March 1995
Recommend
Age Range: 5 to 9
Annotation
Elizabeth Brown loves to
read more than anything else
, but when her collection
of books grows and grows,
she must make a change in
her life.
Reviews
From Ilene Cooper - BookList
Although there is no author's
note, this picture book
is dedicated to the memory
of the real librarian who inspired it.
The story begins with young
Elizabeth Brown,
who doesn't like dolls or
skates but instead
prefers to spend her time
reading.
She reads through childhood
and college,
and as an adult, she spends
her money on books
, books, and more books.
When
I Went to the Library
Ken Setterington Paul
Yee Jean Little Celia Barker Lottridge Debora Pearson
(Editor)
ISBN: 0888994230
Publisher: Groundwood-Douglas
& McIntyre
Pub. Date: June 2001
Edition Desc: 1ST
Recommend Age Range: 8 to
12
From the Publisher
Public libraries play important
roles in introducing children to worlds beyond their own. Whether urban
and well established, or rural and small, libraries provide children with
a place where they can experience the power and pleasure of reading. This
collection of nine diverse stories proves that the influence of libraries
and books is very much alive. In “Dear Mr. Winston” by Ken Roberts, Cara
learns the hard way what happens when you accidentally let a snake loose
in a library run by someone who is terrified of snakes. In Tim Wynne-Jones’s
“The Mystery of the Cuddly Wuddly Bunny,” a boy who befriends a stranger
in the library finds himself plunged into a mystery that changes his view
of the world forever. Marc Talbert’s “Books Don’t Cry” shows how libraries
and books provide an unexpected source of comfort for Tad, a boy who senses
death is near for his grandmother. Paul Yee creates a world in which books
provide an unearthly escape for Mei-ping, a young Chinese woman who has
moved to a remote town in Canada.
Animals
in the Library, Vol. 199
Amy
Adams
ISBN: 1888166517
Publisher: Shining Lights
Press
Pub. Date: January
1996
Recommend Age Range: 6 to
11
Funny
Thing Happened on the Way to the School Library: A Treasury of Anecdotes,
Quotes, and.....
Larry
A. Parsons
ISBN: 0872877515
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited,
Incorporated
Pub. Date: September
1990
Who
Stole the Wizard of Oz?
Avi, Derek James
Age Range: 8 to 11
From the Publisher
One of Newbery
Honor author Avi's most popular middle-grade mysteries is available in
paper once again. The mystery revolves around a rare edition of The Wizard
of Oz missing from the local library. When Becky is accused of stealing
it, she and her twin brother Toby set out to catch the real thief and prove
her innocence. Clues cleverly hidden in four other books lead to a hidden
treasure—and a gripping adventure.
Herman's
Magical Universe
Becky
McCarley Phil Travers (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1571741143
Publisher: Hampton Roads
Publishing Co., Inc.
Pub. Date: March 1999
Recommend Age Range: 5 to
10
Annotation
A librarian teaches a child
how the
world works by giving him
a book
about the seven laws of
the universe.
From The Publisher
Herman's mission is to find
the book that contain
s the answers to all the
tough questions concerning
how the world works.
When Herman doesn't receive
the book on his birthday,
he asks a librarian to locate
a copy for him.
With book in hand, Herman
has the chance to
learn the seven laws of
the universe. Illustrations
Stella
Louella's Runaway Book
Lisa
Campbell Ernst
ISBN:
0689844603
Publisher:
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub.
Date: August 2001
Edition
Desc: REPRINT
Recommend
Age Range: 4 to 8
Annotation
As she tries to find the
book that she must return to
the library that day,
Stella gathers a growing
group of people
who have all enjoyed reading
the book.
From The Publisher
It's Stella Louella's library
due date, but aghast!
She can't find the book
anywhere.
Almost everyone in town
joins in on the frantic search,
and the wild book chase
begins. Full color.
D.W.'s
Library Card
Marc Brown
ISBN: 0316110132
Publisher: Little Brown
Children's Books
Pub. Date: August
2001
Edition Desc: 1 ED
Recommend Age Range: 5 to
7
From Our Editors
Poor D. W. -- not only is
she tortured on a daily basis by her older brother, Arthur, but now she
can't get her own library card. First, she has to be able to write her
full name. If Tommy and Timmy Tibble can do it, why can't she? Spelling
her full name -- Dora Winifred Read -- is no small task. "Why didn't you
name me something easy, like 'A'?" she asks. She finally succeeds and checks
out her first book. But Tommy and Timmy warn her that if she damages the
old and tattered book, they'll take her card away forever? What will she
do?
Tiny
Goes to the Library
Cari Meister Rich
Davis (Illustrator)
ISBN: 014130488X
Publisher: Penguin Putnam
Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date: July 2000
Recommend Age Range: 5 to
7
Annotation
Tiny the dog is a big help
at the library when his owner takes out too many books to carry home.
Little
Bo Peep's Library Book
Cressida Cowell Ascanio
Condivi
Publisher: Orchard Books
Pub. Date: September
1999
Recommend Age Range: 5 to
7
From the Publisher
Little Bo Peep has lost
her sheep, and doesn't know where to find them.
She finds the answer at
the library with help from Mother Goose the librarian,
the Big Bad Wolf, and other
familiar nursery rhyme characters.
The real little pullet books
will enchant children and adults alike as they get to read along with Little
Bo Peep.
Clara
and the Bookwagon: (I Can Read Book Series: Level 3)
Nancy Smiler Levinson
Carolyn Croll (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0064441342
Publisher: HarperCollins
Children's Books
Pub. Date: December
1990
Edition Desc: REPRINT
Recommend Age Range: 5 to
8
Annotation
Clara's dream of enriching
her rough life on the family farm is fulfilled when a horse-drawn book
wagon
visits with the country's
first traveling library.
From the Publisher
Papa will not allow Clara
to learn to read—he says that ‘Farm people like us do not have time to
read."
But when the traveling bookwagon,
with persuasive Miss Mary at the reins, arrives at their farm,
Papa realizes he must change
his mind. Based on the true story of America’s first ‘bookmobile.’
Book!
Book! Book!
Deborah Bruss Tiphanie
Beeke (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0439135257
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
Pub. Date: April 2000
Edition Desc: 1 ED
From the Publisher
You think it¹s easy
to check a book out of the library? Well, not if you¹re a cow!When
the children go back to school, the animals on the farm have nothing to
do. That is . . . until they discover the building with the word ³Library²
on the front. But when Cow, Pig, Horse, and Goat try to check out a book,
they are me t with a very puzzled librarian. Why can¹t she understand?
It is only when Hen gives it a try‹³book! Book! BOOK!²‹that the
animals finally get what they want!
Andrew
Carnegie: Builder of Libraries
Charnan Simon
ISBN: 0516261312
Publisher: Scholastic Library
Publishing
Pub. Date: February
1998
Recommend Age Range: 8 to
10
Annotation
Describes the efforts of
Andrew Carnegie to build public libraries
as a way of improving community
life in Pittsburgh and other places.
The
Library of Congress
Gail Sakurai
ISBN: 0516263951
Publisher: Scholastic Library
Publishing
Pub. Date: February
1999
Recommend Age Range: 9 to
11
Annotation
Describes the history of
the Library of Congress, the largest library in the world,
and discusses its current
collections and challenges.
At
the Library
Carol Greene Penny
Dann (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1567665624
Publisher: Child's World,
Incorporated, The
Pub. Date: August
1998
Recommend Age Range: 5 to
9
Annotation
Simple text introduces the
activities, users, employees, and contents of a public library.
Exploring
the Library
Alice K. Flanagan
ISBN: 0836829557
Publisher: Gareth Stevens
Audio
Pub. Date: September
2001
Edition Desc: ILLUSTRATE
Recommend Age Range: 8
Annotation
Examines libraries and the
many resources they have to offer, print, audiovisual, and online, and
explains how to use them.
From the Critics
From Children's Literature
This is a very thorough
book about libraries, written by a very competent author, filled with facts
and figures that librarians and serious students will appreciate. Each
page is designed to be eye-catching. Children in the colorful photographs
are peers of the target readership, captions are efficiently accurate and
sidebars abound. The sidebars contain facts:
"In 2000, the U.S. armed
forces operated 341 libraries. Various government agencies maintain a total
of 1,411 libraries"; lists
Some Important Daily Newspapers,
Dictionaries of all Kinds; and web sites
Some Internet Search Engines,
Almanacs and Fact Books. Ms. Flanagan has written over seventy books and
one can surmise that she has firsthand knowledge of her subject. Although
the author's no-nonsense writing supports the general opinion that libraries
are no-nonsense places, the book serves as an excellent introduction to
the vast world of learning. A glossary of library terms, a brief history
of libraries, a list of web sites and a variety of important libraries
to visit make this book complete. 200l, Gareth Stevens, $28.95. Ages 8
to 12. Reviewer: Ellen R. Butts
Libraries
Lucia Raatma Shari
Joffe (Editor)
ISBN: 0516263803
Publisher: Scholastic Library
Publishing
Pub. Date: August
1998
Recommend Age Range: 8 to
10
Annotation
Provides a brief look at
the history of libraries, some different types of libraries, and the services
they provide.
MS.
Davison, Our Librarian
Alice
K. Flanagan Christine Osinski (Photographer)
ISBN:
051626060X
Publisher:
Scholastic Library Publishing
Pub.
Date: March 1997
Recommend
Age Range: 6 to 7
Synopsis
This title in the Our Neighborhood
series combines text and
photographs to describe
the duties and responsibilities
of a public librarian. "Preschool
to grade two." (SLJ)
Annotation
Simple text and photographs
describe the duties and
responsibilities of a public
librarian who helps people
access information.
A
Day with a Librarian
Jan Kottke
Format: Paperback, 24pp.
ISBN: 051623014X
Publisher: Children's Press
Pub. Date: September 2000
Recommend Age Range: 4 to
7
Our
Libraries
Dana Ying-Hui Ying-Hui Wu
ISBN: 0761318569
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Pub. Date: March 2001
Recommend Age Range: 9 to
12
Let's
Visit the Library
Marianne Johnston
ISBN: 0823954315
Publisher: Rosen Publishing
Group, Incorporated, The
Pub. Date: March 1999
Edition Desc: 1 ED
Recommend Age Range: 8
From Childrens Literature
- Children's Literature
Today's library is chock
full of books and much more. Libraries are places where we can go to look
up information, learn about many subjects, and borrow books, magazines,
videos, and music. In order to organize a collection and to be able to
find an item in the library, there was a need for a classification system.
One that is used in many libraries is called the Dewey Decimal system and
kids are presented with an example. The Library of Congress was founded
in 1800 and it now has more than 17 million books in its collection. Fun
Facts, which are scattered throughout the text, highlight important people
and interesting facts--for example, the word library comes from the Latin
word for book; the Library of Congress has more than 2 million visitors
annually. Full color drawings and photographs clearly depict what is described.
Backmatter includes a glossary, web site reference and index. Part of the
"Our Community" series. 2000, Rosen, Ages 5 to 8, Reviewer: Marilyn
Courtot
Going
to the Library
Melinda Beth Radabaugh
This book will be available
Oct. 2002
Format: Hardcover, 24pp.
ISBN: 1403402302
Publisher: Heinemann Library
Pub. Date: October
2002
Recommend Age Range: 4 to
8
Fire!:
The Library Is Burning
Barry D. Cytron
ISBN: 0822505258
Publisher: Lerner Publishing
Group, The
Pub. Date: May 1988
Recommend Age Range: 10
to 12
Annotation
Describes the disastrous
1966 fire at the library of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York
City
and the massive rescue operation
in which both the neighborhood and the city took part.
The
Deserted Library Mystery (The Boxcar Children Series #21)
Gertrude Chandler Warner
Charles Tang (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0807515604
Publisher: Albert Whitman
Pub. Date: September
1991
Recommend Age Range: 7 to
11
From the Publisher
The Boxcar Children are
helping to save an old library that's about to be torn down.
They find several mysteries
there--and not just in books!
After all the children's
hard work, someone is trying to destroy the library. Who?
In case I missed anything
see this listing
Bibliography of Children's
Books about (or mentioning) Libraries and Books
my.execpc.com/~jjstoltz/books-libraries.html
You
Can Tell Your Kid Will Grow up to Be a Librarian when...:
Cartoons
About the Profession
Richard
Lee
Look
at Me
Anita
Brookner
Synopsis
"Frances Hinton, a medical
librarian in London,
has little experience in
life but is an articulate observer of it,
hoping someday to write
a novel.
Befriended by an engaging
couple, Nick and Alix Forbes,
Frances finds their appetite
for adventure exciting
and is flattered by their
attention to her.
Involving herself with them,
she sheds her
solitariness and even has
a chaste romance with James,
Nick's colleague. But risk
brings terrible pain:
casually rejected by her
new friends,
Frances understands that
'once a thing is known itcan never be unknown.
It can only be forgotten.'
In the novel she'll write,her
pain will become an 'endless memory.'" (Libr J)
The
Library Card
Jerry Spinelli
ISBN: 0590386336
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
Pub. Date: August
1998
Recommend Age Range: 12
and up
Synopsis
"In four short stories Spinelli
shows the impact of library cards on four individual children:
Mongoose, a boy teetering
on the edge of trouble but pulled back by books; Brenda, a certified television
junkie who finds the story of her TV-abridged life on a library shelf;
Sonseray, homeless and motherless, who discovers his past in storytime;
and April, a New York City transplant to a Pennsylvania mushroom farm who
takes a surreal ride on a hijacked bookmobile." (Bull Cent Child Books)
"Grades four to eight." (SLJ)
Seneca
Falls Inheritance (A Glynis Tryon Mystery)
Miriam
Grace Monfredo
Amidst the bustle of
the Women's Rights Convention of 1848, free-thinking town librarian Glynis
Tryon
is called upon by Elizabeth
Cady Stantonto help organize the historic event.
But when a body turns
up in the canal,Glynis puts history on hold and uses her talent for detection
to catch a murderer.
The
Archivist
Martha
Cooley
ISBN:
0316158461 | Pub. Date: April 1999
From The Publisher
Matthias is a man of orderly
ways, a librarian whose life rarely strays from its narrow channels.
At the library where he
works is an archive of letters from the poet T. S. Eliot to an American
woman,
written during the years
Eliot was undertaking Four Quartets and wrestling with problems
of marriage and of faith.
Matthias' marriageto Judith in the years following World War II
forms the core of this novel.
The
Dewey Decimal System of Love
Josephine Carr
ISBN: 0451209710 | Pub.
Date: September 2003
From the Publisher
Behind a french
twist and sensible clothes, forty-year-old librarian Alison Sheffield hides
an extravagant nature. But after last night, even her most proper attire
can't disguise the signs-the pink cheeks, the extra-poufy hair, the bounce
in her step.Alison Sheffield is in love.
The heart-palpitating, nausea-inducing, silly, inexplicable, absurd and pointless kind of love found in a romance novel. And for once in her life, what Alison needs to know she can't find in any reference book-she can only live it...
The
Giant's House
Elizabeth
McCracken
ISBN:
0380730200 | Pub. Date: June 1997
From
the Publisher
The year is 1950, and in a small town on Cape Cod twenty-six-year-old librarian
Peggy Cort feels like love and life have stood her up. Until the day James
Carlson Sweatt - the "over-tall" eleven-year-old boy who's the talk of
the town - walks into her library and changes her life forever. Two misfits
whose lonely paths cross at the circulation desk, Peggy and James are odd
candidates for friendship, but nevertheless they soon find their lives
entwined in ways that neither one could have predicted. In James, Peggy
discovers the one person who's ever really understood her, and as he grows
- six foot five at age twelve, then seven feet, then eight - so does her
heart and their most singular romance. The Giant's House is an unforgettably
tender and quirky novel about learning to welcome the unexpected miracle,
and about the strength of choosing to love in a world that gives no promises,
and no guarantees.
The
Librarian's Secret Wish
Carol
Grace
Format: Mass Market Paperback
ISBN: 0373194730
Publisher: Harlequin Books
Pub. Date: September 2000
Last
Scene Alive
Charlaine Harris
ISBN: 0373264763 | Pub.
Date: December 2003 | Publisher: Harlequin
From the Publisher
"In the first
installment of the Aurora Teagarden series, Real Murders, the small town
of Lawrenceton, Georgia, was beset by a series of horrific murders. Librarian
Aurora "Roe" Teagarden teamed up with true-crime writer Robin Crusoe to
catch the killer, and the results of their investigation have gone down
in Lawrenceton history." "Now Robin is back in town, set to begin filming
the movie version of the terrible events of so many years ago. Of course
he's not alone - he brings with him a cast and crew the size of which nearly
overwhelms the tiny, excitement-starved town. Roe is disturbed to discover
that the film's crew includes her stepson, who despises her, as well as
an actress set to play her in the film. Everyone in Lawrenceton suddenly
goes movie crazy, mentally composing awards-acceptance speeches while prancing
around the fringes of the set awaiting discovery." Roe's not so crazy about
the whole thing...and neither is a secret, vicious murderer. When bodies
start dropping, it's up to Roe to reprise her role as an amateur sleuth
and stop the carnage before it gets out of hand.
Poppy
Done to Death
Charlaine
Harris
ISBN: 0312277644 | Pub.
Date: August 2003
Open
Season
Linda Howard
ISBN: 0641517580 | Pub.
Date: July 2001
From Our Editors
For Daisy Minor,
it's open season on men. The small-town librarian is tired of being a good
girl, living with her widowed mother and spinster aunt. She wants to experience
life and love, to have some fun, to meet a man. Before she starts her personal
manhunt, she sets out to reinvent, or at least redecorate, herself. She
seeks out a new look to match her new attitude, moves into her own place,
and sets out in search of all the fun and adventure she's been missing.
Soon she's dancing her nights away, flirting with men, and thoroughly enjoying
her new free-spirited lifestyle. Then, late one night, she sees something
that no one was supposed to see and finds herself in deadly danger. Suddenly,
a killer declares it's Open Season on Daisy Minor, and Daisy's one hope,
for life and love, is to find the perfect man to save her life -- and share
it.
The
Librarian's Passionate Knight (Silhouette Desire #1525)
Cindy Gerard
ISBN: 0373765258 | Pub.
Date: August 2003
Publisher: Harlequin
Stones
from the River
Ursula Hegi
ISBN: 068484477X | Pub.
Date: March 1997
From Our Editors
Ursula Hegi draws
parallels between groups of outsiders in this dramatic audiobook set in
Germany. Trudi Montag, the town librarian, feels dissociated from society
because she is a dwarf. In her role as librarian, Trudi meticulously archives
secrets, stories, and history, all of which become her source of power
when the townspeople allow Jews to be mistreated during World War II.
In
the Stacks: Short Stories about Libraries and Librarians
Michael Cart (Editor)
ISBN: 1585672599 | Pub.
Date: April 2002
By
Hook or by Book
Doris R. Meredith
Pub. Date: May 2000
From the Publisher
Reference librarian
Megan Clark persuades the Murder by the Yard book group to accompany her
to do research on string figures. But when a valuable, unpublished manuscript
about the hobby disappears--and its owner is found dead--the group gets
strung along by a killer.
Ex-Libris
Ross
King
(**Note- main character
is a BookStore owner, not a Librarian**)
ISBN: 0802733573
Publisher: Walker &
Company
Pub. Date: April 2001
From the Publisher
"A cryptic summons to
a remote country house launches Isaac Inchbold, a London bookseller and
antiquarian, on an odyssey through seventeenth-century Europe, charged
with the task of restoring a magnificent library destroyed by the war.
Moving between Prague and the Tower Bridge, Inchbold's fortunes - and his
very life - hang on recovering a missing manuscript, but the lost volume
is not what it seems, and his search is but a move in a treacherous game
of underworld spies and smugglers, ciphers and forgeries."--BOOK JACKET.
True Politician: Rebecca
Browning Rankin, Municipal Reference Librarian of the City of New York,
1920-1952
Barry W. Seaver
From the Publisher
Rebecca Browning
Rankin, who supervised the New York Municipal Reference Library for 32
years, was a politician in the best sense of the word. Serving in many
key policy-making positions, both on mayoral committees and in professional
organizations, Rankin was an excellent lobbyist for the role of information
in educating the electorate. She published numerous articles and books
on city government and libraries and delivered weekly radio speeches on
WNYC from 1928 to 1938. Her career as a librarian, author and radio commentator
demonstrates the use of research in the formation of public policy decisions
and provides a unique perspective on politics in New York.
Drawing on primary sources in the archives of the New York Public Library and the City of New York, the book examines the city's political history during the first half of the twentieth century and illuminates the relationship of the local government with one of its great cultural institutions, the New York Public Library.
Biblia's
Guide to Warrior Librarianship: Humor for Librarians Who Refuse to
Be Classified
Amanda Credaro, Peter
Lewis
Paperback, March 2003
The
Truth about Reference Librarians
Will
Manley, Richard Lee (Illustrator)
From The Publisher
Did you know that the
first question ever asked of a reference librarian was
"Where's the bathroom?"
Or that the very first
reference book was the Egyptian Farmer's Almanac?
Do you know how reference
librarians rid themselves of such pest
s as the Jerkus disgustis,
Pervertus horribilis
or the Studentus moronis?
If you answered no to
any of the above,
then The Truth About
Reference Librarians
may so far have eluded
you.
Will Manley and Richard
Lee are at it again.
This time it's a reverent
if probing tour of the not
so pretty world of reference
librarians,
yielding such invaluable
results as information
on the ten stages in
life of a reference librarian
(1. I want to help humanity;
2. I want to help a few
worthy people;
3. At least I'm getting
paid for this madness...),
instructions of the care
and feeding of reference librarians,
and a list of some of
the
oddest actual questions
ever put to reference librarians.
Other Humor titles
Unintellectual
Freedoms: Opinions of a Public Librarian
Will Manley
**Note:
Will Manley, is director of the Tempe Public Library, Arizona and a columnist
for Wilson Library Bulletin
ISBN: 0899505759
Publisher: McFarland
& Company
Pub. Date: March
2002
Interlibrary
Loan Sharks and Seedy ROMs
Benita L. Epstein
ISBN: 0786404655
Publisher: McFarland
& Company, Inc.
Pub. Date: October
1997
Dewey
Decimal System Defeats Truman!: Library Cartoons
Scott McCullar
ISBN: 078640521X
Publisher: McFarland
& Company, Inc.
Pub. Date: May
1998
The
Manley Art of Librarianship
Will Manley Richard
Lee (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0899508669
Publisher: McFarland
& Company,
Pub. Date: September
1993
The
Truth about Catalogers
Will Manley Richard
Lee (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0786401036
Publisher: McFarland
& Company
Pub. Date: May
1995
The
Truth about Reference Librarians
Will Manley Richard
Lee (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0786402202
Publisher: McFarland
& Company,
Pub. Date: May
1996
Uncensored
Thoughts: Pot Shots from a Public Librarian
Will Manley Richard
Lee (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0899509924
Publisher: McFarland
& Company
Pub. Date: August
1994
For
Library Directors Only: Talking about Trustees and for Library Trustees
Only, Living with Your Director
Will Manley Richard
Lee (Illustrator)
ISBN: 089950826X
Publisher: McFarland
& Company,
Pub. Date: February
1993
For
Library Trustees Only: Living with Your Director
Will Manley Richard
Lee (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0899508278
Publisher: McFarland
& Company, Inc. Publishers
Pub. Date: February
1993
Unsolicited
Advice: Observations of a Public Librarian
Will Manley Gary
Handman (Illustrator)
ISBN: 089950745X
Publisher: McFarland
& Company,
Pub. Date: December
1992
Unprofessional
Behavior: Confessions of a Public Librarian
Will Manley Gary
Handman (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0899506909
Publisher: McFarland
& Company
Pub. Date: January
1992
Bibliotoons:
A Mischievous Meander through the Stacks and Beyond
Gary Handman Foreword
by Arart Plotnik
ISBN: 0899504817
Publisher: McFarland
& Company
Pub. Date: February
1990
Librarians
in Fiction: A Critical Bibliography
Grant Burns
Paperback, January 1998
From the Publisher
All entries include
complete bibliographic data, followed by a lengthy annotation that discusses
how the librarian fits into the story and gives insight to how he or she
is depicted. Title and author indexes are provided for further utility.
Reading
and the Reference Librarian: The Importance to Library Service of Staff
Reading Habits
Juris Dilevko, Lisa Gottlieb
From the Publisher
For reference
librarians, technological competence has become the order of the day. Process-based
training increasingly dominates many library and information science programs.
This book suggests another approach to providing quality reference service:
reading.
Teaching about the Library:
Learning About Books and Libraries: A Gold Mine