public libraries

On cover: America's foremost writers celebrate our public libraries with stories, memoirs, essays, and poems.

Presents descriptions of one or more teen library events for every month of the year, each with detailed instructions, lists of materials, and sample flyers, letters, and checklists.

Presents a collection of comics about the various people who frequent the Mallville Public Library including Dewey, the young librarian; Colleen, the cranky computer illiterate; and Mel, the manager.

Presents a collection of comic strip stories set in a public library about Dewey and his fellow librarians as they confront the FBI, psychic fairs, poetry slams, identity theft, and each other.

Contains reading lists for fantasy fiction novels, grouping eight hundred titles in over one hundred thematic lists.

A middle-grade adaptation of the true story of Dewey, a cat who was found in the library book drop and adopted by the staff. Includes eight-page photo insert.

A resource for librarians and educators to engage preschool age children in books through movement in storytimes.

A cataloging guide for librarians and media specialists that covers the Anglo-American cataloging rules, description, access, special applications of AACR2-2005, subject authorities, the Sears list, Library of Congress subject headings, classification systems, the MARC formats, and other related topics.

Provides practical advice, guidelines, and tools for managing censorship conflicts.

Emily decides that the town of Pitchfork needs a library, and comes up with a plan to make it happen. Can she make her dream come true?.