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Picture Books about Libraries

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All of the factors of why I love tractors / written by Davina Bell ; illustrated by Jenny Løvlie.
Bell, Davina, author.
Format: Book

Frankie McGee's mother takes him to the public library, where she tries to persuade him to choose a book about cars, helicoptors, or anything else while he insists on yet another book about tractors.

The book hog / Greg Pizzoli.
Pizzoli, Greg, author, illustrator.
Format: Book

The Book Hog loves books and has a large collection, although he never learned to read.

Book's big adventure / written by Adam Lehrhaupt ; illustrated by Rahele Jomepour Bell.
Lehrhaupt, Adam, author.
Format: Book

When Book was new, it had many exciting adventures but over time, it leaves the library less and less often until, at last, it is given away and begins again.

Bunny figures it out / words by Ruby Shamir ; pictures by Andrew Joyner.
Shamir, Ruby, author.
Format: Book

Bunny askes everyone she knows how to make grape jelly, but when she gets wildly different responses she hops to her local library to track down the answer. Includes a recipe for grape jelly.

The library bus / by Bahram Rahman ; illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard.
Rahman, Bahram, 1984- author.
Format: Book

Five-year-old Pari accompanies her mother on her library bus rounds for the first time, stopping at a village and a refugee camp so that girls there can exchange books and have a lesson in English. Inspired by the first library bus to operate in Kabul, Afghanistan.

The library fish / written by Alyssa Satin Capucilli ; illustrated by Gladys Jose.
Capucilli, Alyssa Satin, 1957- author.
Format: Book

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.

The little library / by Margaret McNamara ; illustrated by G. Brian Karas.
McNamara, Margaret, author.
Format: Book

Jake, a reluctant reader, becomes a book lover when the new librarian finds Jake a book about woodworking.

Lost in the library : a story of Patience and Fortitude / Josh Funk ; Illustrated by Stevie Lewis.
Funk, Josh, author.
Format: Book

Patience, one of the New York Public Library lions, is missing and Fortitude, the other lion, searches the building from top to bottom seeking him.

The magician's hat / written by Malcolm Mitchell ; illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff.
Mitchell, Malcolm, 1993- author.
Format: Book

Today is Family Fun Day at the library, and a magician named David puts on a show with his special trick--having the children pull books out of his tall hat, books that touch their deepest dreams and unlock their hopes for their future.

The night library / by David Zeltser ; illustrated by Raul Colón.
Zeltser, David, author.
Format: Book

After a young boy goes to sleep upset that he's getting a book for his birthday, he's visited in the night by the two stone lions who guard the New York Public Library. Soon, they magically whisk him away from his cozy home in the Bronx, and show him the power of books and their role not only in his own life, but also in the lives of the people he loves.