Happy National Library Week!
Help your children celebrate libraries and all they do for a community by reading some great picture books all about libraries!
Stop in the Children's Room this week and beyond to find a great new read to share together or for your child to read on their own.
A library
Giovanni, Nikki, author.
jE Giovanni
Picture Books, Kids
In what other place can a child "sail their dreams" and "surf the rainbow" without ever leaving the room? This ode to libraries is a celebration for everyone who loves stories, from seasoned readers to those just learning to love words, and it will have kids and parents alike imagining where their library can take them. This inspiring read-aloud includes stunning illustrations and a note from Nikki Giovanni about the importance of libraries in her own childhood.
The book hog
Pizzoli, Greg, author, illustrator.
jE Pizzoli
The Book Hog loves books and has a large collection, although he never learned to read.
The library book
Chapin, Tom, 1945- author.
jE Chapin
Using the lyrics to Tom Chapin and Michael Mark's "The Library Song," this picture book celebrates the magic of reading and of libraries.
Nour's secret library
Tarnowska, Wafa', author.
jE Tarnowsk
"Forced to take shelter when their Syrian city is plagued with bombings, young Nour and her cousin begin to bravely build a secret underground library."--Provided by publisher.
Inspired by a true story, Nour's Secret Library, will appeal to older children. Warm illustrations and an inspiring story of finding solace in books during war.
- Angie
The library fish
Capucilli, Alyssa Satin, 1957- author.
jE Capucilli
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.
Library Fish now has a new adventure out- look for it on the Children's New Book Shelf!
- Angie
The new liBEARian
Donald, Alison, author.
jE Donald
"When the children discover a bear at the librarian's desk at story time, they think he's the new librarian. He's not!"--
Dear reader : a love letter to libraries
Rose, Tiffany, author, illustrator.
jE Rose
A voracious young reader pens a love letter to libraries and books, and powerfully expresses the need for diversity and the importance of representation in stories.
The loud librarian
Beatrice, Jenna, author.
jE Beatrice
When loud-voiced Penelope becomes student-librarian, she is determined to prove she is perfect for the job while staying true to herself.
This one speaks to me, as many children who visit the Children's Room call me the "loud Librarian!
- Angie
Chicken story time
Asher, Sandy.
jE Asher
Storytime in the library becomes increasingly chaotic as first one chicken then a whole flock joins in and the librarian must come up with a creative solution so that everyone can enjoy the story.
This book is my best friend
Robinson, Robin, 1986- author, illustrator.
jE Robinson
When Sunny and Aarush reach for the same book at the library, they try to resolve the conundrum by searching through the stacks to find something else for the other to read, but maybe what they find instead is even better.
Lola at the library
McQuinn, Anna, author.
jE Mcquinn
Every Tuesday Lola and her mother visit their local library to return and check out books, attend story readings, and share a special treat. Lola loves Tuesdays because that is the day she and her mother go to the library. Everything about the trip is an exciting adventure, from packing her backpack with books and her all-important library card, to storytimes and singing, to choosing new books and the walk home, when they always stop for a special treat. But the best time of all is when Mommy reads her story at bedtime.
The Lola series of book are great for young readers to engage with!
- Angie
Dewey : there's a cat in the library!
Myron, Vicki.
jE Myron
Tells the story of Dewey Readmore Books, a kitten abandoned in the Spencer Library return box and nursed back to health by a librarian, who discovers that (like his librarian friends) helping people big and small is what he is meant to do.
A book list about Libraries wouldn't be complete without the most famous library cat from an Iowa Library!
- Angie
Bunny figures it out
Shamir, Ruby, author.
jE Shamir
Bunny askes everyone she knows how to make grape jelly, but when she gets wildly different responses she hops to her local library to track down the answer. Includes a recipe for grape jelly.
Wild about books
Sierra, Judy.
jE Sierra
A librarian named Mavis McGrew introduces the animals in the zoo to the joy of reading when she drives her bookmobile to the zoo by mistake.
Pete the cat checks out the library
Dean, James, 1957- author, illustrator.
jE Pete
Join Pete the cat as he visits a library for the first time, gets a library card, takes a fun tour, and reads some cool stories that take him on a few groovy adventures.
Lyrical and visually pretty the text will keep you and your child entertained to the end. A great book to discuss what makes your local library great.
- Angie