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The New LiBEARian
The children come for story time and find a bear taking the librarian’s place. It’s a playful choice for ages 3 to 6 who would enjoy finding out where the story-time group sits and how the storyteller lets everyone know it’s time to begin.
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Waiting for the Biblioburro
Ana lives in a Colombian village where books arrive on donkeys. The story takes its cue from Luis Soriano’s traveling library. For ages 4 to 8, it gives a child a reason to look at the return desk and think about how many people might share one copy.
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Tomás and the Library Lady
Tomás spends a summer in Iowa, discovers books about things he loves, and shares both stories and Spanish words with the librarian. For ages 4 to 8, try bringing a favorite word or asking to find books in a language spoken at home.
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The Midnight Library
A little librarian and three owls keep a library open through the night. Even a noisy band finds a place to practice. With about ages 3 to 6, look for the places your library has set aside for different things, such as reading alone or meeting as a group.
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Library Mouse
Sam leaves little books of his own on the library shelves. The librarians and the readers want to meet the writer. Around ages 4 to 8, try folding a sheet into a miniature book or asking whether the library collects stories by local writers.
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Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré
Belpré brings stories, Spanish, and puppets to her work at the New York Public Library. Ages 4 to 8 can read about her before asking what their library does for story time or whether it tells stories in more than one language.
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No Pirates Allowed! Said Library Lou
A treasure map leads Pirate Pete to Seabreezy Library, where Library Lou helps him tackle reading and library etiquette. Try the rhyming story with ages 5 to 8, then treat a shelf sign or book spine as the first clue on a real library hunt.
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Dreamers
A mother and child find their footing in a new country by exploring a library and reading together. Read it aloud to ages 4 to 8. The pictures are a reason to look at a book even before you know the words on the page.
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Wild About Books
A librarian drives her bookmobile into a zoo and matches books to each animal’s interests. Try for ages 4 to 7. Ask the child to give the librarian one clue about a book they might like, as specific as bugs, jokes, or the tallest book in the room.
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The Library Book
On a rainy Saturday, a child heads to the library and runs into book characters in the illustrations. Try singing or following the beat with ages 3 to 7. On the first visit, see if the child recognizes a familiar character on a shelf.
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The Library Bus
Pari helps her mother lend books and bring reading lessons to girls outside Kabul. For ages 5 to 8, this is a change of scale from a whole library building. Have children imagine what they would put on the bus if they had one row of shelves.
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The Library Dragon
Miss Lotta Scales keeps children away from the school library’s books because she worries they’ll damage them. A child’s reading changes that. Read it with ages 5 to 8 and talk through why a library has rules and what those rules let readers do together.
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A Book for Escargot
Escargot wants a story with a snail for a hero and has to do some looking. It suits ages 4 to 7 who like chatting to the characters in a read-aloud. Help them turn a wish such as a snail hero into a request for the librarian.
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Miss Dorothy and Her Bookmobile
Miss Dorothy takes books to readers in the Blue Ridge Mountains. A van does the work of a reading room when people live too far apart to reach one. For ages 5 to 8, look for where libraries lend books through a mobile stop, a branch, or a community center.
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A Library
Nikki Giovanni recalls finding room to dream in a library after helping at her grandmother’s house. For ages 4 to 8, the poem makes a short read-aloud. Afterward, let your child explore the shelves at their own pace and see what they turn toward first.
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My Librarian Is a Camel
Photos show ways children borrow books in different countries, including a camel in Kenya and a boat in Finland. Give ages 6 to 9 one country to look up when they arrive, then ask where the library keeps maps or books about it.
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Biblioburro: A True Story from Colombia
The two donkeys are Alfa and Beto. Luis Soriano loads them with books to reach children in rural Colombia. For ages 5 to 8, ask how many stops a library on two donkeys can make and what limits it might have on the number of books you can take.
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Richard Wright and the Library Card
Read with about ages 7 to 10 for a conversation about access. Richard Wright wants to borrow books from a segregated library in Memphis and has to find someone willing to lend his card. An older child can compare that experience with who is welcome to join their own public library today.
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The Library
Elizabeth Brown collects books until her shelves take over the house. Her collection then becomes a library for her town. Try it with ages 4 to 8 when a child asks where library books come from or what happens when someone gives books away.
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Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
An illustrated biography for about ages 7 to 10. Schomburg gathers records of Black achievement that other collectors have overlooked. An older child comparing shelves can ask the librarian how the library chooses books about local people and history.
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Miss Brooks Loves Books! (And I Don’t)
Miss Brooks dresses up and brings out all sorts of books, but Missy wants something that matches her own taste. Ages 4 to 8 can say what they are bored by and what they love before asking for a recommendation. The answer might be something silly or gross.
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