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Best Library-Themed Reads

Celebrate Canadian Library Month and Ontario Public Library Week every October with this list of library-themed reads for all ages! @BurlONLibrary bpltrend

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  • When Allie Morgan dropped out of her dream career due to mental illness, she was set to end her life. But when she received a phone call from the local library offering her a job, she decided to postpone suicide and give the role a try.
    Book, 2021London : Ebury Press, 2021. — 020.92 MOR
  • Two lonely bookworms. An unexpected friendship. A library that needs their help 'A touching story of a friendship between a troubled teenager, a yoga-practicing farming woman in her seventies and a local library.
    eBook, 20212021. — OVERDRIVE/LIBBY
  • This book explores the extraordinary history of the library, from the famous collections of the ancient world to the embattled public resources we cherish today.
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Basic Books, 2021. — 027.009 PET
  • Overdue

    Reckoning With the Public Library

    Oliver, Amanda
    Can public librarians continue to play the many roles they are tasked with? Can American society sustain one of its most noble institutions? Pushing against hundreds of years of stereotypes, romanticization, and discomfort with a call to reckoning,…
    Book, 2022Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press Incorporated, [2022] — 027.473 OLI
  • Jess Metcalf is perfectly happy with her quiet, predictable life -- it's just the way she likes it. But when her beloved grandmother passes away and she loses her job at the local library, her life is turned upside-down.
    Book, 2022New York : Avon, [2022] — ALE
  • Lonely librarian June Jones has never left the sleepy English village where she grew up. Shy and reclusive, she would rather spend her time buried in books than venture out into the world. But when her library is threatened with closure, June is…
    Large Print, 2022Leicester [England] : Thorpe, Isis, 2022. — LT SAM
  • The beautifully ornate reading room at the Boston Public Library is completely silent one weekday morning, until a woman's terrified scream echoes through the room.
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2022Holland : Dreamscape Media, 2022. — OVERDRIVE/LIBBY
  • The last thing Kat wants to do is let Jenna, a Ridge Rat from Oakmeadow's rivalry school, join their club, and tell her about the Books. But when Kat learns that the town council may close Oakmeadow, Kat must put her prejudice aside.
    Book, 2021Victoria, BC: FriesenPress, 2021. — J LAN
  • The Sublime Ms. Stacks

    This Legendary Librarian Is Serving Story Time Realness

    Pearlman, Robb
    Mr. Stephen is a great librarian, but when it comes to crafts and story time no one does it better than substitute librarian Ms. Stacks.
    Book, 2022New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2022. — E PEA
  • In this lyrical picture book, world-renowned poet, New York Times bestselling author, and Coretta Scott King Honor winner Nikki Giovanni and fine artist Erin Robinson craft an ode to the magic of a library as a place not only for knowledge but also…
    Book, 2022New York : Versify, [2022] — E GIO
  • In this story based on the author's life, a young homeless girl finds a different kind of home in the library.
    Book, 2021New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2021. — E SIG
  • Daryl does not want to share his favorite dinosaur book, so when it is time to bring it back to the library he uses all his dinosaur skills to get it back until a friendly librarian encourages him to share.
    Book, 2022New York : Little Bee Books, [2022] — E ELB
  • Library Girl

    How Nancy Pearl Became America's Most Celebrated Librarian

    Clark, Karen Henry
    Library Girl is the inspiring childhood story of how beloved librarian, author, and Seattle icon, Nancy Pearl discovered her strengths and realized her passion. It is a loving tribute to the power books and librarians have to transform children’s…
    Book, 2022Seattle, WA : Little Bigfoot, an imprint of Sasquatch Books, [2022] — J 020.92 PEA
  • 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.
    Book, 2022New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2022] — E CAP