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A Child of Books
by Oliver Jeffers
Sailing away together on a sea of words through forests of fairy tales and mountains of make-believe, two small children embark on a lifetime of imagination in an evocative prose poem story that meditates on the rewards of reading and sharing stories. By the award-winning author of Once Upon an Alphabet.
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The Thieving Collectors of Fine Children's Books
by Adam Perry
A pair of book collectors infiltrate the mind of ten-year-old Oliver Nelson, the last person to read a rare recently destroyed book, which thrusts Oliver into the story where he helps the characters reach the ending before the collectors steal it.
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The Wild Book
by Juan Villoro
Sent to live with his kooky bibliophile uncle when his parents separate, Juan discovers that his uncle's extensive library includes books that seem to have supernatural powers before he discovers his ability to use books in magical ways, a talent that compels his search for a special Wild Book that has never allowed itself to be read.
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The Story Collector
by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb
A story based on the author's childhood introduces 11-year-old Viviani Joffrey Fedeler, who lives in the New York Public Library and decides to play a Halloween prank on a girl who teases Viviani for believing in ghosts.
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
by Chris Grabenstein
Twelve-year-old Kyle wins a coveted spot to be one of 12 children chosen to stay in the new town library--designed by his hero, the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello--for an overnight of fun, food and games, but in the morning, the kids find all the doors still locked and must work together to solve secret puzzles in order to discover the hidden escape route.
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