libraries

When snow prevents Mr. Hughes from opening the library one day, book-loving Library Fish finds a way to entertain herself and her bookmobile friend.

"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 bad ways and keep the book?"--Provided by publisher.

"Although he sees no need for more books to read, Bear agrees to accompany Mouse to the library"--OCLC.

"Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself' Would any of these other lives truly be better' . . . Nora Seed finds herself faced with this decision. Faced with the possibility of changing her life for a new one, following a different career, undoing old breakups, realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist; she must search within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library to decide what is truly fulfilling in life, and what makes it worth living in the first place"--OCLC.

"When Olaf stands in for the village librarian, he has big plans to bring in crowds of people"--OCLC.

Cressida returns to the Rainbow Realm, where she helps Princess Firefly, the orange unicorn, with the opening of a new library.

Celia loves to explore and is thrilled when she finds an old library in the woods. But Celia discovers more than just books at the library--and she can't wait to book it out of there! Will Celia get out of the library alive? Read on to learn Celia's fate in this early chapter book.

In an unnamed city, the town library is destroyed by an act of war, causing fear and sadness in the hearts of the townspeople. Following the horrific event, the adults and children observe the town librarian reading books aloud in the town square. At first, the residents are reluctant to listen, and fear retribution by the soldiers. However, as the librarian persists in her daily readings, she attracts more and more visitors, especially children, bringing them comfort, hope, and healing.

A ghost who haunts a town library and a young girl team up to save the ancient building from demolition. Together they brainstorm a series of community events to raise money, while the ghost works hard to scare off construction workers beginning to tear it down. Backmatter includes information about libraries' importance to communities and information about a purportedly haunted Indiana library.

Ropa dropped out of school to become a ghost talker, and she now speaks to Edinburgh's dead - carrying messages to the living - but when she learns someone is bewitching children she investigates and discovers an occult library, a taste for hidden magic, and a wealth of Edinburgh's dark secrets.