libraries

Type: 
Topical Term
Subfield: 
a
Alias: 
libraries

Board of Education v. Pico

book banning
1994
In text and photographs, discusses the 1982 Supreme Court decision that ended a significant school book censorship case.

The happy bookers

a playful history of librarians and their world from the stone age to the distant future
1976

Can you find it?

25 library scavenger hunts to sharpen your research skills
1989
Presents twenty-five trivia questions, enhanced by quotations, cartoons, and other supporting material, intended to develop effective research methods in libraries.

Tom?s and the library lady

2000
While helping his family in their work as migrant laborers far from their home, Tom?s finds an entire world to explore in the books at the local public library.

Library Lily

2011
From the day her mother introduces her to the library, Lily wants to spend all of her time reading until she meets Milly, who hates reading but loves adventure.

Finding Lincoln

2009
In segregated 1950s Alabama, Louis cannot use the public library to research a class assignment, but one of the librarians lets him in after hours and helps him find the book that he needs. Includes an author's note with historical information about library segregation in the South.

The best book to read

2008
A young boy goes to the library with his class and hears about the many kinds of books that can be found there.

The House of Wisdom

1999
Ishaq, the son of the chief translator to the Caliph of ancient Baghdad, travels the world in search of precious books and manuscripts and brings them back to the great library known as the House of Wisdom.

Walter's magic wand

1990
Feeling restless at the library, Walter combines his imagination with his magic wand to bring several exotic books to life and complicate the librarian's tidy existence.

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - libraries