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Books to Check Out With Your First Library Card
Alice Gelber, Marketing Assistant
Dear custodian of a newly initiated member of the library, please read the following to your charge:
So, you have your first library card, now what? Well, obviously you should start by developing a very clever plan with lots of unnecessary details for how you’re going to spend the night at the library—who knows what all those books get up to when you’re not around. And, of course, you’ll need to start your TBR (to-be-read) list—however, young reader, be warned: this list will haunt you till the end of time!
But, if I were to offer you some “practical” and “sensible” advice, I guess I would say you should start by borrowing some books. And because those books are coming from the library, it seems only right that you should borrow books that are about books—books about libraries and bookstores and book worlds and the worlds within books. I know, it’s all a bit meta (guardian, please explain “meta” to whomever you are reading this aloud to). My thinking is, with all these books about books, that it’s good to know what you’re getting yourself into. And look, finding the right books can be an immensely overwhelming task, but that’s why I’m here to help with a wonderful list of tales for you to check out right now! And if you don’t like my suggestions, then go ask your new librarian for some recommendations instead. (I’m sure you’ll find, however, that our suggestions are quite similar because both your librarian and I have excellent taste).
Piper Waterstone loves her books. So much so, that she cannot, will not, share them with anyone. That is, until a friendly librarian presents Piper with a magical card that will give her all the books she could ever dream of . . . as long as she shares them with all her book-loving neighbors.
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$18.99
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$24.99 CAD
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Hardcover
This item is a preorder. Your payment method will be charged immediately, and the product is expected to ship on or around October 1, 2024. This date is subject to change due to shipping delays beyond our control.
The Book Hog loves books — the way they look, the way they feel, the way they smell–and he’ll grab whatever he can find. There’s only one problem: he can’t read! But when a kind librarian invites him to join for storytime, this literature-loving pig discovers the treasure that books really are.
This item is a preorder. Your payment method will be charged immediately, and the product is expected to ship on or around March 26, 2019. This date is subject to change due to shipping delays beyond our control.
A quiet child in a boisterous family, Emma Wen dreams of a world that is peaceful and silent. When she reads about the blue whale – with a heart so big her father could stand in it – she has an idea. She fashions a boat out of household objects and sails from her bedroom into the mouth of a whale, where she settles in happily. Emma has finally found her peace and quiet. That is until another child, Owen Tang, arrives inside the whale and is loud, noisy and “everything she is running away from”. Emma and Owen’s unlikely friendship blossoms inside the microcosm of the whale in a beautifully told story of friendship and finding your own voice in a world that is “filled with too much of everything, everywhere.”
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$18.99
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$24.99 CAD
Format
Hardcover
This item is a preorder. Your payment method will be charged immediately, and the product is expected to ship on or around February 20, 2024. This date is subject to change due to shipping delays beyond our control.
After Arthur calls Francine a marshmallow, she refuses to speak to him. Then Mr. Ratburn pairs them up for a homework project. They reluctantly go to the library for research-and find themselves locked in once the library closes. Will Arthur and Francine set aside their differences and work together to find a way out? In chapter-book format, for children who are ready to read on their own, this suspenseful adventure will surely be a hit among Arthur fans.
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$6.99
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$9.99 CAD
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Trade Paperback
This item is a preorder. Your payment method will be charged immediately, and the product is expected to ship on or around March 5, 2012. This date is subject to change due to shipping delays beyond our control.
When Librarian Vicki Myron finds a young kitten abandoned in the Spencer Library return box, she nurses him back to health, deciding then and there that he will be their library cat, and naming him, appropriately, Dewey Readmore Books. Dewey loves his new home, but once he discovers the littlest library visitors-who like to chase him, pull his tail, and squeeze him extra tight-Dewey begins to wonder if he’s truly cut out for the demands of his new job. In the end, he is triumphant as he realizes that helping people big and small is what he is meant to do, and that by sharing his special brand of Dewey love, he can be the best library cat of all.
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$9.99
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$12.99 CAD
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ebook
(Digital original)
This item is a preorder. Your payment method will be charged immediately, and the product is expected to ship on or around November 1, 2010. This date is subject to change due to shipping delays beyond our control.
If you see a poster that says “You Can Do Anything at the Library!”, it is NOT giving you permission to put on a circus! But Magnolia doesn’t see any problem with setting up her own big top. She’s got a lot of gusto and one mean human cannonball routine. So what if her greatest show on Earth won’t fit between the bookshelves? Elise Parsley’s boldly expressive illustrations perfectly complement this mostly-librarian-approved guide on how to be everything BUT quiet in the library!
This item is a preorder. Your payment method will be charged immediately, and the product is expected to ship on or around May 2, 2017. This date is subject to change due to shipping delays beyond our control.
Dinosaur is going to one of his favorite places: the library! On the way, he invites his friends—a lonesome turtle, a sad owl and more—to ROAR along with him. But how will his roaring go over at the library? Has Dinosaur finally met his match in Storytime? By combining everyone’s favorite feisty red dinosaur with a variety of animals and a celebration of reading, author-illustrator-designer Bob Shea has created another irresistible romp for toddlers and parents to enjoy together.
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$18.99
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$23.99 CAD
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Hardcover
This item is a preorder. Your payment method will be charged immediately, and the product is expected to ship on or around September 27, 2011. This date is subject to change due to shipping delays beyond our control.
Reading makes you feel good because… You can imagine you are a scary dinosaur, You can make someone feel better when they are sick, And you can do it anywhere!
Reading Makes You Feel Good will inspire and encourage young children to delight in the joyful, rewarding experience of reading. Todd shows us all the fun ways we can read, from in the library and in bed to in the bathtub and on the road! Targeted to those first beginning to read, this book invites children to read the main text as well as all the funny signs, labels, and messages hidden in the pictures.
This item is a preorder. Your payment method will be charged immediately, and the product is expected to ship on or around April 1, 2009. This date is subject to change due to shipping delays beyond our control.
Alice loves to imagine herself in the magical pages of her favorite book. So when it flaps its pages and invites her in, she is swept away to a world of wonder and adventure, riding camels in the desert, swimming under the sea with colorful fish, floating in outer space, and more! But when her imaginative journey comes to an end, she yearns for the place she loves best of all.
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$18.99
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$24.99 CAD
Format
Hardcover
This item is a preorder. Your payment method will be charged immediately, and the product is expected to ship on or around February 7, 2023. This date is subject to change due to shipping delays beyond our control.
