Libraries

Read Anything Good Lately?

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An alphabetic adventure into the wonderful world of reading! Follow this sweet young bookworm as she reads everything from an atlas at the airport to a zodiac at the zoo, and everything in between! Get ready to pull out a comic book at a campfire, some literature at the library, or some magazines at the mall, and enjoy this delightful celebration of all different kinds of reading!

The Librarian of Basra

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"In the Koran, the first thing God said to Muhammad was 'Read.'"*
--Alia Muhammad Baker

Alia Muhammad Baker is a librarian in Basra, Iraq. For fourteen years, her library has been a meeting place for those who love books. Until now. Now war has come, and Alia fears that the library--along with the thirty thousand books within it--will be destroyed forever.

Max Va a la Biblioteca (Max Goes to the Library)

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Max, who loves to read, discovers all the services available to him during a visit to the library.

Please note: This title is in Spanish.

Author:

Adria F. Klein

Grade Level:

Primary

Length:

00:03

Max Va a la Biblioteca (Max Goes to the Library)

Charley Chapters in How to Behave in the Library (2007)

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Nathaniel has a tough assignment. He is supposed to write down all of the rules on how to behave in the library and why it is important to follow each rule. With the help of his good friend Emily, Charley Chapters and the library media specialist Ms. Bookley, Nathaniel tackles his assignment with enthusiasm.

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:11

Charley Chapters in How to Behave in the Library

The Boy Who Was Raised By Librarians

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This is a story about Melvin, a boy who spent so much time in the library, that it was as if the librarians had raised him! Everything has its place in the library and Melvin likes it that way.

Author:

Carla Morris

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:12

The Librarian from the Black Lagoon

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The stories circulating about the school library are downright terrifying. The librarian, Mrs. Beamster, is said to laminate people who talk or whisper.

Author:

Mike Thaler

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:10

Charlie Chapters in Fiction vs. Non-Fiction (2008)

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Casey and Chris have a homework assignment that has left them baffled, befuddled and bewildered. Their assignment is to find two fiction books and two non-fiction books at home. The problem is they dont know the difference between fiction and non-fiction. Charley Chapters comes to their rescue. He starts by defining fiction and non-fiction.

Grade Level:

Primary

Elementary

Length:

00:11

Charlie Chapters in Fiction vs. Non-Fiction