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I hate to read

I Hate to Read!
Rita Marshall
Illustrations by Etienne Delessert
Picture Book
Ages 6 to 8
Creative Editions, 1993, 1-56846-005-8
 
 

The Library Dragon

The Library Dragon
Carmen Agra Deedy
Illustrated by Michael P. White
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Peachtree Press, 1994, 1-56145-091-X
 

Mr. Putter and Tabby Write the book

Mr. Putter and Tabby Write the Book
Cynthia Rylant
Illustrated by Arthur Howard
Fiction (Series)
Ages 6 to 9
Harcourt, 2004, 0-15-200542-1
 
 

Johannes Gutenberg

Johannes Gutenberg: Inventor of the Printing Press
Fran Rees
Non-Fiction (Series)
Ages 10 to 12
Compass Point Books, 2006, 0-7565-0989-0
 
 

Clara and the Bookwagon

Clara and the Bookwagon
Nancy Smiler Levinson
Illustrations by Carolyn Croll
Historical Fiction
Ages 6 to 8
HarperCollins, 1988, 0-06-444134-2

Wild About Books

Wild About Books
Judy Sierra
Pictures by Marc Brown
Picture Book
Ages 3 to 6
Random House, 2004, 0-375-82538-X
 

My Book Box

My Book box
Will Hillenbrand
Picture Book
Pre K
Harcourt, 2006, 0-15-202029-2


 

Lola at the Library

Lola at the Library
Anna McQuinn
Illustrated by Rosalind Bearshaw
Infant to age 4
Charlesbridge, 2006, 1-58089-142-X
 

The girl who hated books

The Girl who hated books
Majusha Pawagi
Illustrated by Leanne Franson
Picture Book
Ages 5 to 7
Second Story Press, 1998, 1-896764-09-6
 

The Red Book

The Red Book
Barbara Lehman
Wordless Picture Book
Ages 5 to 8
Houghton Mifflin, 2004, 0-618-42858-5
 
 

Baby Bear's Books

Baby Bear’s Books
Jane Yolen
Illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Picture Book
Ages 2 to 5
Harcourt, 2006, 0-15-205290-9
 

Library Lion

Library Lion
Michelle Knudsen
Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 7
Candlewick Press, 2006, 076362262-1
 

Winston the Book Wolf

Winston the Book Wolf
Marni McGee
Illustrated by Ian Beck
Picture Book
Ages 3 to 7
Walker, 2006, 0-8027-9569-2
 
 

Endymion Spring

Endymion Spring
Matthew Skelton
Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Penguin Canada, 2006, 0-141-32035-4
 

I believe in Unicorns

I believe in Unicorns
Michael Morpurgo
Illustrated by Gary Blythe
Fiction
Ages 7 to 10
Candlewick Press, 2005, 0-7636-3050-0
 

The Library Book

The Library Book: The Story of Libraries from Camels to Computers
Maureen Sawa
Illustrated by Bill Slavin
Non-Fiction
Ages 9 and up
Tundra, 2006, 0-88776-698-6
 
 

Part of Me

Part of Me
Kimberly Willis Holt
Fiction
Ages 12 and up
Henry Holt, 2006, 0-8050-6390-9
 
 

Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook

Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook
Michael Garland
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Penguin, 2003, 0-14-240282-6
 

B is for Bookworm

B is for Bookworm: A Library Alphabet
Anita C. Prieto
Illustrated by Renee Graef
Non-Fiction Picture Book
Ages 4 to 10
Sleeping Bear Press, 2005, 1-58536-145-3
  

Anna the Bookbinder

Anna the Bookbinder
Andrea Cheng
Illustrations by Ted Rand
Picture Book
Ages 5 to 8
Walker Books, 2003, 0-8027-8831-9
 

The Art of Reading

The Art of Reading: Forty Illustrators Celebrate RIF's 40th Anniversary
Forward by Leonard S. Marcus
Non-Fiction
Ages 5 and up
Penguin, 2005, 0-525-47484-6
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The Library

The Library
Sarah Stewart
Pictures by David Small
Picture Book
Ages 5 to 8
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1995, 0-374-44394-7
 

Edward in the Jungle

Edward in the Jungle
David McPhail
Picture Book
Ages 3 to 6
Little Brown, 2002, 0-316-56391-9
 

Edward and the Pirates

Edward and the Pirates
David McPhail
Picture Book
Ages 3 and up
Little Brown, 1997, 0-316-56344-7
  

The Library Card

The Library Card
Jerry Spinelli
Fiction
Ages 8 to 11
Scholastic, 1997, 0-590-38633-6
 

The Librarian of Basra

The Librarian of Basra: A True Story From Iraq
Jeanette Winter
Picture Book/Non-Fiction
Ages 3 and up
Harcourt, 2005, 0-15-205445-6
 

Lumber Camp Library

Lumber Camp Library
Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
Illustrated by James Bernardin
Chapter Book
Ages 7 to 10
HarperCollins, 2002, 0-06-444292-6
 

The Book Thief

The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
Fiction
Ages 14 and up
Random House UK, 978-0-370-3291-5
 

Read Anything Good Lately?
Susan Allen and Jane Lindaman
Illustrated by Vicky Enright
Picture Book
Ages 5 to 8
Millbrook, 2003, 0-7613-1889-5
 
 

Read anything good lately
Delilah D at the Library

Delilah D. at the library
Jeanne Willis
Illustrated by Rosie Reeve
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 6
Clarion, 2006, 0-618-78195-1
 

The Boy who was raised by librarians

The Boy who was raised by librarians
Carla Morris
Illustrated by Brad Sneed
Picture Book
Ages 4 to 8
Peachtree Publishers, 2007, 978-1-56145-391-7 

 

Say Daddy

Say Daddy!

Michael Shoulders

Illustrated by Teri Weidner

Picture Book

Ages 4 to 6

Sleeping Bear Press, 2008, 1-58536-354-4

 

Books to Check out for kids

Books to check out for kids: A journal

The Imagineering Company

Novelty

Ages 8 to 12

Chronicle Books, 2006, 0-8118-5082-X

  

I still hate to read

I Still Hate to Read!

Rita Marshall

Illustrated by Etienne Delessert

Picture Book

Ages 6 to 8

The Creative Company, 2007, 978-1-56846-174-8

 

The inside outside book of libraries

The Inside-Outside Book of Libraries

Julie Cummins

Illustrated by Roxie Munro

Non-Fiction picture book

Ages 7 to 9

Random House, 1996, 978-0-375-84451-5

 

 

Our Library

Our Library

Eve Bunting

Illustrated by Maggie Smith

Picture Book

Ages 5 to 7

Clarion Books, 2008, 978-0-618-49458-3

 

What do illustrators do

What do illustrators do?

Eileen Christelow

Picture Book

Ages 5 and up

Clarion, 2007, 0-618-87423-2

 

 

When the library lights go out

When the Library Lights Go Out

Megan McDonald

Illustrated by Katherine Tillotson

Picture Book

Ages 4 to 6

Simon and Schuster, 2005, 0-689-86170-2

 

 

Magic in the margins

Magic in the Margins: A Medieval Tale of Bookmaking

W. Nikola-Lisa

Illustrated by Bonnie Christensen

Picture Book

Ages 7 to 9

Houghton Mifflin, 2007, 0-618-49642-4

 

Will you read to me

Will you read to me?

Denys Cazet

Picture Book

Ages 3 to 6

Simon and Schuster, 2007, 1-4169-0935-4

 

A Library Story

A Library Story: Building a New Central Library

Jennifer Vogel

Non-Fiction

Ages 9 to 12

Lerner, 2007, 0-8225-5916-1

  

The Library of Alexandria

Kelly Trumble

Illustrated by Robina MacIntyre Marshall

Non-Fiction

Ages 8 to 12

Clarion, 2003, 0-395-75832-7

 

The Library of Alexandria
The book book

The book book

Sophie Benini Pietromarchi

Non-Fiction

Ages 9 to 12

Tara Publishing, 2007, 978-81-86211-24-3

  

Bats at the library

Bats at the library

Brian Lies

Picture Book

Ages 5 to 8

Houghton Mifflin, 2008, 978-0-618-99923-1

 

Book!

Book!

Kristine O’Connell George

Illustrated by Maggie Smith

Board Book

Ages 2 to 4

Clarion Books, 2001, 978-0-547-15409-1

 

 

Find the Magic

Find the Magic: A Rip Squeak Book

Lee Cohen

Illustrated by Julia Harnett Harvey

Picture Book (Series)

Ages 4 to 8

Rip Squeak Inc, 2008, 0-9747825-2-1

 

 

Library Mouse a Friend's tale

Library Mouse: A Friend’s Tale

Daniel Kirk

Picture Book

Ages 5 to 7

Abrams, 2009, 978-0-8109-8927-6

 

 

That book woman

That Book Woman

Heather Henson

Pictures by David Small

Picture Book

Ages 4 to 8

Simon and Schuster, 2008, 1-4169-0812-9

The Spooky Book

The Spooky Book

Steve Patschke

Illustrated by Matthew McElligott

Picture Book

Ages 5 to 7

Walker, 1999, 0-8027-8870-X

Library Mouse

Library Mouse

Daniel Kirk

Picture Book

Ages 5 to 7

Abrams, 2007, 0-8109-9346-5

 

A Book

A Book

Mordecai Gerstein

Picture Book

Ages 5 to 8

Roaring Brook Press. 2009, 1-59643-251-9

 

 

Noah_webster_weaver_of_words

Noah Webster: Weaver of Words

Pegi Deitz Shea

Illustrated by Monica Vachula

Non Fiction Picture Book

Ages 5 to 8

Boyds Mills Press, 2009, 1590784413

 

 

 

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