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The storyteller's candle = La velita de los cuentos / by González, Lucía M.; Delacre, Lulu.;
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.LSC
Subjects: Belpré, Pura; Librarians; Libraries; Puerto Ricans; Epiphany; Spanish language materials;
© c2008., Children's Book Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Miss Morgan's book brigade : a novel / by Skeslien Charles, Janet,author.;
"1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France. Founded by millionaire Anne Morgan, this group of international women help rebuild devastated French communities just miles from the front. Upon arrival, Jessie strives to establish something that the French have never seen-children's libraries. She turns ambulances into bookmobiles and trains the first French female librarians. Then she disappears. 1987: When NYPL librarian and aspiring writer Wendy Peterson stumbles across a passing reference to Jessie Carson in the archives, she becomes consumed with learning her fate. In her obsessive research, she discovers that she and the elusive librarian have more in common than their work at New York's famed library, but she has no idea that their paths will converge in surprising ways across time. Based on the extraordinary little-known history of the women who received the Croix de Guerre medal for courage under fire, Miss Morgan's Book Brigade is a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit, the power of literature, and ultimately the courage it takes to make a change"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Carson, Jessie, 1876-1959; American Committee for Devastated France; New York Public Library; Americans; Authors; Children's libraries; Women librarians; World War, 1914-1918;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The Wartime Book Club / by Thompson, Kate,1974-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Jersey, 1943. Once a warm and neighbourly community, now German soldiers patrol the cobbled streets, imposing a harsh rule on the people of the island. Grace La Mottée, the island's only librarian, is ordered to destroy books which threaten the new regime. Instead, she hides the stories away in secret. Along with her headstrong best friend, postwoman Bea Rose, she wants to fight back. So she forms the wartime book club: a lifeline, offering fearful islanders the joy and escapism of reading. But as the occupation drags on, the women's quiet acts of bravery become more perilous - and more important - than ever before. And, when tensions turn to violence, they are forced to face the true, terrible cost of resistance.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Novels.; Book clubs (Discussion groups); Books and reading; Libraries and community; Military occupation; Women librarians; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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BiblioCraft : a modern crafter's guide to using library resources to jumpstart creative projects / by Pigza, Jessica.; Faust, Shana.; Miller, Johnny.; Miller, Johnny.; Park, Sun Young.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."NYPL rare books librarian Jessica Pigza teaches readers how to locate library resources to bring their creative ideas to fruition."
Subjects: Handicraft in art.; Library resources.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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This book is not for you! / by Hale, Shannon.; Subisak, Tracy.;
When the bookmobile librarian refuses to lend Stanley the story he wants, he learns the importance of advocating for the book of his choosing, and in doing so teaches the librarian the virtue in allowing everyone to select the stories they enjoy.Ages 3-7.Grades K-1.LSC
Subjects: Choice (Psychology); Books and reading; Traveling libraries;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Library lion / by Knudsen, Michelle; Hawkes, Kevin;
A lion starts visiting the local library but runs into trouble as he tries to both obey the rules and help his librarian friend.
Subjects: Libraries; Lions; Obedience;
© c2006., Candlewick Press,
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 3
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Before the ballot : building political support for library funding / by Chrastka, John,author.; Sweeney, Patrick "PC",author.;
Includes bibliographic references and index.""On the Path to the Ballot" will focus on Informational Communications Campaigns (commonly referred to as info-only campaigns) for library staff and administrators. The book will discuss the library's role in the years leading up to a campaign and the library's role during ballot measure campaigns. Our companion title "How to Win Elections ..." focused on building and running ballot measure committees and vote Yes campaigns during an election cycle. The material is referential but does not overlap in significant ways. The readership may overlap, but because the legal structure of libraries and the legal structure of ballot committees do not allow for the same type of campaign work, the strategies, and tactics are unique and distinct to these audiences"--
Subjects: Library fund raising; Library finance; Libraries and community;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The midnight library / by Kohara, Kazuno.;
"Once there was a library that only opened at night. Step inside and meet the little librarian and her three assistant owls"-- Provided by publisher
Subjects: Libraries; Books and reading; Nocturnal animals; Animals;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society [electronic resource] : by Waggoner, C. M..aut; cloudLibrary;
A librarian with a knack for solving murders realizes there is something decidedly supernatural afoot in her little town in this cozy fantasy mystery. Librarian Sherry Pinkwhistle keeps finding bodies—and solving murders. But she's concerned by just how many killers she's had to track down in her quaint village. None of her neighbors seem surprised by the rising body count...but Sherry is becoming convinced that whatever has been causing these deaths is unnatural. When someone close to Sherry ends up dead, and her cat, Lord Thomas Crowell, becomes possessed by what seems to be an ancient demon, Sherry begins to think she’s going to need to become an exorcist as well as an amateur sleuth. With the help of her town's new priest, and an assortment of friends who dub themselves the "Demon-Hunting Society," Sherry will have to solve the murder and get rid of a demon. This riotous mix of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Murder, She Wrote is a lesson for demons and murderers alike: Never mess with a librarian.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Amateur Sleuth; Contemporary; Paranormal;
© 2024., Penguin Publishing Group,
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I want my book back / by Elbee, Viviane.; Miles, Nicole.;
Daryl does not want to share his favorite dinosaur book, so when it is time to bring it back to the library he uses all his dinosaur skills to get it back until a friendly librarian encourages him to share.LSC
Subjects: Sharing; Dinosaurs; Libraries; African Americans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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