Children's Books About...Libraries!

These books are specifically available at the Dorothy Henry Library. Some of these may also be available at other locations throughout our library system as well!

Updated November 10, 2025
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Brother Hugo and the bear
Beebe, Katy.
Paper Book
"Combines suspense, humor, and information in a handsome, entertaining package." --School Library Journal (STARRED REVIEW) "Prepare to be charmed by a bear who loves words -- or at least loves to eat them." -- Kirkus Reviews (STARRED...
Monster Boy at the library
Emerson, Carl.
Ebook
Marty Onster was still acting like a human boy, much to his monster parents' dismay. He didn't slobber or eat creatures and he liked to read! When Bart Ully starts trouble among the library shelves, will Marty's monster mania reappear? Looking Glass Library is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division...
Library lion
Knudsen, Michelle.
Paper Book
An affectionate storybook tribute to that truly wonderful place: the library. Miss Merriweather, the head librarian, is very particular about rules in the library. No running allowed. And you must be quiet. But when a lion comes to the library one day, no one is sure what to do....
Mr. Putter & Tabby turn the page
Rylant, Cynthia.
Paper Book
Mr. Putter and his fine cat, Tabby, love reading their favorite books over and over. So when Mr. Putter sees a sign at the library that says "Read Aloud with Your Pet at Story Time," he signs up! But then Mr. Putter's friend and neighbor, Mrs. Teaberry, wants to join. If Mrs. Teaberry brings her...
Finding Langston
Cline-Ransome, Lesa.
Ebook
A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction When eleven-year-old Langston's father moves them from their home in Alabama to Chicago's Bronzeville district, it feels like he's giving up everything he loves.
The librarian of Basra : a true story from Iraq
Winter, Jeanette.
Paper Book
*ALA Notable Children's book 2006 * Celebrated author-illustrator Jeanette Winter weaves a hopeful tale of one woman's courageous book rescue. In the Spring of 2003, Alia Muhammad Baker was the city of Basra's real-life librarian....
Builder
Barger, Jeff
Ebook
Plan, saw, hammer, frame! Builders construct the buildings that shelter us and keep us safe: houses, schools, hospitals, and more. Find out how these helpers make your community a better place. Through vivid photos and examples, readers in kindergarten to grade 2 will learn how builders...
Planting stories : the life of librarian and storyteller Pura Belpre?
Denise, Anika
Paper Book
RECIPIENT OF THE PURA BELPRÉ HONOR  * A Today Show's Best Kids' Books of 2019 * Indie Next List Pick * Junior Library Guild Selection *  "An appealing tribute and successful remedy to the lack of titles about the groundbreaking librarian...a must...
Schomburg : the man who built a library
Weatherford, Carole Boston
Paper Book
In luminous paintings and arresting poems, two of children's literature's top African-American scholars track Arturo Schomburg's quest to correct history. Where is our historian to give us our side? Arturo asked. Amid the scholars, poets, authors, and artists...

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