Catalog Search Results
Author
Formats
Description
"In 1975, during the fall of Saigon, Phuc Tran immigrates to America along with his family. By sheer chance they land in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, a small town where the Trans struggle to assimilate into their new life. In this coming-of-age memoir told through the themes of great books such as The Metamorphosis, The Scarlet Letter, The Iliad, and more, Tran navigates the push and pull of finding and accepting himself despite the challenges of immigration,...
263) The library dragon
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
c1994
Description
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.
Author
Series
Book girl volume 1
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
High school student Konoha Inoue is a gifted writer who's lost his passion for his craft. When he meets beautiful upperclassman Tohko Amano, though, he finds someone with a greater hunger for literature than anyone he's ever met...literally! Amano is a book-scarfing goblin who satisfies her cravings by munching on the printed works of history's greatest authors. However, nothing is as delicious as the handwritten stories she bullies Konoha into writing...
265) Aaron Slater
Author
Series
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
When Miss Greer asks each child in the class to write a story, second-grader Aaron, who loves to draw but struggles with reading, creates a story using pictures.
267) The Paris library
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Formats
Description
"Paris, 1939. Young, ambitious, and tempestuous, Odile Souchet has it all: Paul, her handsome police officer beau; Margaret, her best friend from England; her adored twin brother Remy; and a dream job at the American Library in Paris, working alongside the library's legendary director, Dorothy Reeder. But when World War II breaks out, Odile stands to lose everything she holds dear--including her beloved library. After the invasion, as the Nazis declare...
Author
Formats
Description
An Edgar Award Winner for Best Biography and a Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year
The plucky "titian-haired" sleuth solved her first mystery in 1930-and eighty million books later, Nancy Drew has survived the Depression, World War II, and the sixties (when she was taken up with a vengeance by women's libbers) to enter the pantheon of American culture. As beloved by girls today as she was by their grandmothers, Nancy Drew has both inspired and...
270) Summer reading
Author
Publisher
Berkley Romance
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"When a woman who'd rather do anything than read meets a swoon-worthy bookworm, sparks fly, making for one hot-summer fling in New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay's new rom-com. For Samantha Gale, a summer on Martha's Vineyard at her family's tiny cottage was supposed to be about resurrecting her career as a chef, until she's tasked with chaperoning her half-brother, Tyler. The teenage brainiac is spending his summer at the local library...
271) 80's Fantasy
Series
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Beetlejuice -- The Dark Crystal -- Labyrinth -- The Neverending Story -- The Princess Bride -- Willow.
Beetlejuice: After Barbara and Adam Maitland are killed in a car crash, they find themselves trapped as ghosts in their beautiful New England farmhouse. Their peaceful 'existence' is disrupted when a yuppie family, the Deetz's, buy their house. The Maitlands are too nice and harmless as ghosts and all their efforts to scare the Deetz's away are...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"When a wild boar with a passion for clover discovers a rare patch in the woods, he is determined to patiently stand guard until it blooms-but he is not the only clover enthusiast in the forest, and it takes reading a good book for him to figure out the mystery"--
274) Olaf loves to read!
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Olaf finds a book for every child in Arendelle to enjoy!"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
When Appleton Elementary's new school board president, Ivana Beprawpa, uses her position to line her own pockets, student sleuths Sara and May, supported by passionate librarian Rita B. Danjerous, seek the truth. Told through letters, memos, and text messages.
276) The Titanic treasure
Author
Series
Key hunters volume 5
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
This time Cleo, Evan, the evil Mr. Locke, and his two trolls have all been transported to the Titanic--and if they do not find and save the priceless jeweled copy of the Rubiyat before the ship hits the iceberg and sinks they may all be lost at sea.
277) Z is for moose
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
Moose, terribly eager to play his part in the alphabet book his friend Zebra is putting together, then awfully disappointed when his letter passes, behaves rather badly until Zebra finds a spot for him.
278) The wizard's war
Author
Series
Key hunters volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
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
Publisher
Seven Seas
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"Tsukina is a single, thirty-something office worker whose favorite thing is curling up with a good book. When a god tells her that she must go to another world to become its magical savior, Tsukina isn’t interested. She has zero desire to go on some grand hero’s journey. So when she arrives in this strange new land, she decides to use her magical powers to create a cozy little book café instead. Her first customer is a handsome soldier who loves...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Request an item not in the catalog. Submit Request