"Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law. So when a call goes out for a team of women to deliver books as part of Eleanor Roosevelt's new traveling library, Alice signs on enthusiastically. The leader, and soon Alice's greatest ally, is Margery, a smart-talking, self-sufficient...

"Cussy Mary Carter is the last of her kind, her skin the color of a blue damselfly in these dusty hills. But that doesn't mean she's got nothing to offer. As a member of the Pack Horse Library Project, Cussy delivers books to the hill folk of Troublesome, hoping to spread learning in these desperate times. But not everyone is so keen on Cussy's family or the Library Project, and the hardscrabble Kentuckians are quick to blame a Blue for any trouble...

Halfing Edgewick "Wick" Lamplighter leaves his exciting life as a librarian behind when he is captured by pirates, sold into slavery, and adopted by a gang of thieves.

"Experts in the field of information science, librarians do much more than manage the checking out of books. A Day with a Librarian explores how librarians create welcoming, inclusive hubs in our communities and draw on their extensive training to help patrons solve problems, answer questions, and more. A Day with a Librarian also features descriptions of the tech tools that librarians use and new technologies available to community members in many...

"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces librarians to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--

Melvin discovers that the public library is the place where he can find just about anything--including three librarians who help in his quest for knowledge.

In her second mystery, Harvard librarian Hester Thursby untangles the secrets at the center of a small community, finding grudges and loyalties that run deep, poised to converge with a force that will once again shake her convictions about the very nature of right and wrong.

"El bibliotecario es una persona importante de mi comunidad. Los bibliotecarios ayudan a que la biblioteca sea útil para quienes la visitan. Descubre más en Los bibliotecarios, uno de los libros de La gente de mi comunidad." - Back cover "The librarian is an important person in my community. Librarians help people make the library useful for the people who visit it. Find out more in Librarians, a People in My Community book." - Back cover

"Harvard librarian Hester Thursby knows that even in the digital age, people still need help finding things. Using her research skills, Hester runs a side business tracking down the lost. Usually, she's hired to find long-ago prom dates or to reunite adopted children and birth parents. Her new case is finding the handsome and charismatic Sam Blaine"--Provided by publisher.