books and reading

"An empowering picture book about a young boy with dyslexia who discovers a new way to look at reading"--Provided by publisher.

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.

"The speedy Book-It Bunny is challenging you to a reading race. And with her brand-new super shoes, she's convinced she will win. Can you pick up the pace and avoid her tricks along the way?"--Provided by publisher.

"Leopold the goat owns a delightful bookstore, and he has a talent for matching his customers with the ideal book. . . but one day, another goat arrives and proceeds to eat every book Leopold offers. Can Leopold find just the right one to tempt this reluctant reader?"--Provided by publisher.

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.

Encourages the reader to help the unicorn get rid of the worry gremlins and cheer up.

While cramming for her spelling test at an old library, Avery suddenly finds the words of her vocabulary workbook coming alive and wrapping around her --it is a cursed book, created by the evil Spellbinder, and only the Librarian can help her escape from the trap.

"In a working-class town in a county west of London, a schoolgirl scribbles stories in the back pages of her exercise book, intoxicated by the first sparks of her imagination. As she grows, everything and everyone she encounters become fuel for a burning talent. The large Russian man in the ancient maroon car who careens around the grocery store where she works as a checkout clerk, and slips her a copy of 'Beyond Good and Evil'. The growing heaps of other books in which she loses--and finds--herself. Even the derailing of a friendship, in a devastating violation. The thrill of learning to conjure characters and scenarios in her head is matched by the exhilaration of forging her own way in the world, the two kinds of ingenuity kindling to a brilliant conflagration"--Provided by publisher.

"Kayla needs to return her library books so that she can check out new ones. But she can't find one of them. Where could it be? Can King and Kayla's friend Jillian help?"--Publisher.

A story told in letters between an owl who just wants some peace and quiet from the neighborhood children so he can read, and the squirrel bookshop owner who helps him realize the value of companionship and community.