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Library Books about Libraries

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Picture Books

Chicken Story Time by Sandy Asher

A Library Book for Bear by Bonny Becker

No T. Rex in the Library by Toni Buzzeo

Luna Loves Library Day by Joseph Coelho

Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney

The Library Dragon by Carmen Agra Deedy

Wolves by Emily Gravett

Library Mouse by Daniel Kirk

Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen

Bats at the Library by Brian Lies

Lola at the Library by Anna McQuinn

The Not So Quiet Library by Zacharia Ohora

If You Ever Want to Bring a Circus to the Library, Don’t by Elise Parsley

The Book Without a Story by Carolina Rabei

Curious George Visits the Library by Margret Rey

Lyric McKerrigan, Secret Librarian by Jacob Sager Weinstein

Dinosaur vs. the Library by John Shea

Wild About Books by Judy Sierra

Bunny’s Book Club by Annie Silvestro

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce

Fiction

The Library of Ever by Zeno Alexander

Mr. Lemoncello's Library Series by Chris Grabenstein

Don’t Check Out This Book by Kate Klise

The Book Scavenger Series by J. Scott Savage

The Forbidden Library by Django Wexler

Children’s Nonfiction About Librarians

The Librarian of Basra: A True Story From Iraq

Hands Around the Library: Protecting Egypt’s Treasured Books

I Want to be a Librarian

What Do Librarians Do?

A Library Field Trip

Librarians in my Community

You Wouldn’t Want to Live Without Libraries!

Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpre

Librarian on the Roof!  A True Story 

Digging for Words: Jose Alberto and the Library He Built

Biblioburro: A True Story From Colombia

The Librarian Who Measured the Earth

Miss Moore Thought Otherwise: How Anne Carroll Moore Created Libraries for Children

Library on Wheels: Mary LemistTitcomb and America’s First Bookmobile

Believing in Books: The Story of Lillian Smith

 

Book Recommendations

We've put together some lists of popular books that you might want to try out for yourself!

First Chapter Books

Ivy + Bean - Annie Barrows

Bad Guys - Aaron Blabey

Bad Kitty - Nick Bruel

Heidi Heclebeck - Wanda Coven

Mercy Watson - Kate Dicamillo

Mermaid Tales - Debbie Dadey

Owl Diaries - Rebecca Elliott

Yasmin - Saadia Faruqi

Dory Fantasmagory - Abby Hanlon

Princess Black - Shannon Hale

Ballpark Mysteries - David A Kelly

Team Jake Maddox Sports Stories - Jake Maddox

Judy Moody - Megan McDonald

Stink - Megan McDonald

Rainbow Magic - Daisy Meadows

Magic Tree House - Mary Pope Osborne

Junie B Jones - Barbara Park

Geronimo Stilton - Geronimo Stilton

Mia Mayhem - Kara West

Dragon Masters - Tracey West

Middle Grade/Junior Fiction

* series

The Girl Who Drank the Moon - Kelly Barnhill

*Peter and the Starcatchers - Dave Barry

*The Sisters Grimm - Michael Buckley

*Land of Stories - Chris Colfer

*Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer

*How to Train Your Dragon - Cressida Cowell

Pan’s Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun - Guillermo del Toro

*Inkheart - Cornelia Funke

*Warriors - Erin Hunter

The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman

*A Wrinkle In Time - Madeline L’Engle

*The Unwanteds - Lisa McMann

*Fablehaven - Brandon Mull

*Eragon - Christopher Paolini

Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Paterson

*Percy Jackson - Rick Riordan

*Harry Potter - JK Rowling

Holes - Louis Sachar

*A Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snicket

*Wings of Fire - Tui Sutherland

Junior Graphic Novels

El Deafo - Cece Bell

Awkward - Svetlana Chmakova

Narwhal and Jelly - Ben Clanton

New Kid - Jerry Craft

Real Friends - Shannon Hale

Zita the Spacegirl - Ben Hatke

Warriors Graphic Novels - Erin Hunter

Roller Girl - Victoria Jamieson

Amulet - Kazu Kibuishi

Positively Izzy - Terri Libsenson

The Tea Dragon Society - Katie O’Neill

White Bird: A Wonder Story - RJ Palacio

Big Nate - Lincoln Peirce

Dog Man - Dav Pilkey

Bone - Jeff Smith

Lumberjanes - Noelle Stevenson

Ghosts - Raina Telgemeier

The Babysitter’s Club - Various Authors

HiLo - Judd Winick

Picture Books

Circle - Mac Barnett

Elbow Grease - John Cena

Hair Love - Matthew A Cherry

Love - Matt de la Pena

Friday Night Wrestlefest - JF Fox

Red - Michael Hall

Bruce’s Big Storm - Ryan T Higgins

How to Catch a Star - Oliver Jeffers

The Bad Seed - Jory John

The Rough Patch - Brian Lies

A Big Mooncake for Little Star - Grace Lin

Going Down Home With Daddy - Kelly Starling Lyons

Bear Came Along - Richard T Morris

Sulwe - Lupita Nyong’o

A Different Pond - Bao Phi

Are We There Yet? - Dan Santat

Not Quite Narwhal - Jessie Sima

Who Wet My Pants - Bob Shea

A Perfect Day - Lane Smith

If I Built a School - Chris Van Dusen

 

Author Recommendations

Some of our favorite picture book authors

Jon Agee

Mac Barnett

Eric Carle

James Dean

Matt de la Pena

Ed Emberley

Mem Fox

Kevin Henkes

Oliver Jeffers

Ezra Jack Keats

Jon Klassen

Leo Lionni

Todd Parr

Adam Rex

Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Lane Smith

Chris Van Allsburg

Mo Willems

 

Some of our favorite children’s fantasy authors

JM Barrie

Holly Black

Lewis Carroll

Chris Colfer

Roald Dahl

Neil Gaiman

Diana Wynne Jones

Liz Kessler

CS Lewis

Lisa McMann

Brandon Mull

Mary Norton

Rick Riordan

JK Rowling