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Author
Publisher
J-Novel Club
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
146 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"A certain college girl is reincarnated as the child of a soldier in a world with few books and a low literacy rate. No matter how much she wants to read, there are no books around her. What can she do if there aren't any books? Just make them herself! Her goal? To become a librarian! In order to live a life surrounded by books, she'll start by making them!" -- Provided by publisher.
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
445 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"'Too Much Dancing Going On' is the account of an independent-minded young woman in a wide-open Montana who loved books and horses, and later a certain literary young man. When Lyle Hardiman, easy-going, illiterate, Montana cowboy, accidentally blunders into the new library with his horse (he thought it was a livery), he meets the new librarian, Miss Rebecca Spark, and sets into motion a chain of events that will ensure the little town of Burnt Creek...
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Center Point large print edition.
Physical Desc
390 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The members of the Rejected Writers' Book Club decide to produce a musical to raise money for Janet's friend Annie, who needs $20,000 to keep the bank from foreclosing on her family farm where she houses fifty rescue dogs."--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Lexile measure
1140L
Physical Desc
10 books (525 pages) in a cloth bag ; 42 x 50 cm + 1 folder (30 x 25 cm).
Language
English
Description
A cloth bag containing ten copies of the title, that may also include a folder with miscellaneous notes, discussion questions, biographical information, and reading lists to assist book group discussion leaders.
487) Archival quality
Author
Publisher
Oni Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
GN 380L
Physical Desc
279 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The Logan Museum is a mysterious old building practically covered in skulls, and also the new workplace of Celeste "Cel" Walden, a librarian who was let go from her previous job after a mental breakdown. But Cel is desperate to feel useful, and Abayomi Abiola, the Logan Museum's chief curator, is desperate to hire an archivist. Cel soon realizes the job is unlike any other she's had. There's an apartment onsite she's required to live in, she only...
Author
Publisher
TO Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
166 pages : chiefly illustrations, map ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"Now acting as the orphanage director, Myne starts on her mission to save the temple's orphans--an endeavor that earns her a great deal of respect from the children whose lives she works to improve. She cleans up the orphanage, teaches the orphans to provide for themselves, and even gives them an opportunity to enjoy the Star Festival for the very first time! However, just before the taue-throwing begins, Myne makes a discovery that could play a crucial...
Author
Publisher
J-Novel Club
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
189 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"Myne makes progress with her book-making endeavors, all so that she can read them herself. Her sickness turns out to be the Devouring after all, and she learns that curing herself will cost a lot of money. She ultimately decides to keep living as she has been thus far, selling her knowledge from her past life to make money. But despite her enthusiasm, the Devouring eats away at her more by the day, until she ends up collapsing in the middle of a...
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 book club bag ; in container
Language
English
Description
"In the ruggedness of the beautiful Kentucky mountains, Honey Lovett has always known that the old ways can make a hard life harder. As the daughter of the famed blue-skinned, Troublesome Creek packhorse librarian, Honey and her family have been hiding from the law all her life. But when her mother and father are imprisoned, Honey realizes she must fight to stay free, or risk being sent away for good. Picking up her mother's old packhorse library...
Author
Publisher
J-Novel Club
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
179 pages : chiefly illustrations, map ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"Myne is starting to grow more comfortable with temple life. Things are finally going well--that is, until she learns the truth about the orphanage. The children there are starving and emaciated, living in conditions that shake the apprentice blue shrine maiden to her core. After agonizing over this problem, she resolves to become the orphanage director and improve their lives herself. It's time to open up the temple branch of the Myne Workshop!"...
Author
Publisher
J-Novel Club
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
177 pages : chiefly illustrations, map ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
As time goes on, Myne slowly gets more and more used to life in the temple. She learns to speak like a noble and is allowed to live in the orphanage director's chambers. She even successfully breaks the ice with Fran! Gil, her once troublesome attendant, cleans her new chambers as ordered and learns to love being rewarded for his hard work. As for Delia, well...
Author
Publisher
J-Novel Club
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
188 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"Myne throws everything she has at paper-making while helping at the gate and preparing for Tuuli's baptism. She tries weaving faux-papyrus from fibers during winter and forming clay tablets during the spring, but both fail. Still, her love for books isn't so weak that she'd give up that easily. It's time to think up a Plan C!" -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
8 books (258 pages) in a bag ; 37 x 41 cm + 1 folder (30 x 25 cm)
Language
English
Description
A cloth bag containing eight copies of the title, that may also include a folder with miscellaneous notes, discussion questions, biographical information, and reading lists to assist book group discussion leaders.
When a dead body turns up right in the middle of the fiction stacks, librarian Helma Zukas and her best friend, Ruth, begin sleuthing, putting their lives at risk in the process.
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 book club bag ; in container
Language
English
Description
"In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. Pierpont Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork for his newly built Morgan Library. Belle becomes a fixture on the New York society scene and one of the most powerful people in the art and book world, known for her impeccable taste and shrewd negotiating for critical works as she helps build a world-class collection. But Belle has a secret, one she must protect at...
Author
Publisher
J-Novel Club
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
183 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"Myne tells Lutz the truth about herself. He gets mad and confused, but in the end accepts Myne, with whom he has spent the past year making paper and such with. They successfully complete the paper and get accepted by Benno. They go to the Merchant's Guild to register so they can sell paper, where they are asked to make hairpins for the guildmaster's granddaughter. And so, they go to meet the girl herself, to ask how she would like her hairpins to...
Author
Publisher
J-Novel Club
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
171 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"Aspiring apprentice merchants Myne and Lutz have signed a contract with Benno, who has promised to sell their plant-based prototype. With his assistance, they finally have the materials and tools to start making their first batch of washi paper! And Benno wants to sell not only paper, but Myne's other inventions, such as the flower hairpins, as well. But getting involved in the world of merchants makes Myne's life more complicated than ever as she...
Author
Publisher
J-Novel Club
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
195 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"Myne successfully negotiates with the temple to become an apprentice blue shrine maiden, ensuring she will receive the same treatment as a noble. Her work there begins, and after such a long wait, she can finally read in the book room! But the temple's status-based structure and her problematic attendants mean she doesn't have it easy: she'll need to beat society to enjoy her books in peace!" -- Provided by publisher.