Librarian on the Roof! A True Story - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Librarian on the Roof! A True Story write by M. G. King. This book was released on 2010-09-01. Librarian on the Roof! A True Story available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 2012-2013 Show Me Readers Nominee List (Missouri) When RoseAleta Laurell begins her new job at the Dr. Eugene Clark Library in Lockhart, Texas, she is surprised that the children of the town think the library is for adults. She vows to raise the money for a children's section and spends a week living and working on the library roof, even surviving a dangerous storm. With the help of the entire town, RoseAleta raises over $39,000 from within the community and across the country. Today if you look through the front window of the Eugene Clark Library, you will see shelves stacked full with children's books and tables and chairs just the right size. You will see artwork on the walls, and a row of busy computers. Best of all, you will always find crowds of children who love to read and learn inside the walls of the oldest library in Texas.
The Story Collector
The Story Collector - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Story Collector write by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb. This book was released on 2018-08-28. The Story Collector available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "For every book lover who fantasized about getting locked in the library overnight,The Story Collectoris a dream come true!"—New York Times-bestselling author Alan Gratz In the tradition of E. L. Konisburg, this middle-grade mystery adventure is inspired by the real life of Viviani Joffre Fedeler, born and raised in the New York Public Library. The Story Collector by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb is a middle-grade historical fiction inspired by the real life of Viviani Fedeler. Eleven-year-old Viviani Fedeler has spent her whole life in the New York Public Library. She knows every room by heart, except the ones her father keeps locked. When Viviani becomes convinced that the library is haunted, new girl Merit Mubarak makes fun of her. So Viviani decides to play a harmless little prank, roping her older brothers and best friend Eva to help out. But what begins as a joke quickly gets out of hand, and soon Viviani and her friends have to solve two big mysteries: Is the Library truly haunted? And what happened to the expensive new stamp collection? It's up to Viviani, Eva, and Merit (reluctantly) to find out.
The Librarian of Basra
The Librarian of Basra - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Librarian of Basra write by . This book was released on 2005. The Librarian of Basra available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "In the Koran, the first thing God said to Muhammad was 'Read.
Sparrow
Sparrow - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sparrow write by Sarah Moon. This book was released on 2017-10-10. Sparrow available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The story of a sensitive, gifted African American girl who tells us with mordant humor what it feels like to spend every day wishing so hard that you could fly away from it all Sparrow has always had a difficult time making friends. She would always rather stay home on the weekends with her mother, an affluent IT executive at a Manhattan bank, reading, or watching the birds, than play with other kids. And that's made school a lonely experience for her. It's made LIFE a lonely experience.But when the one teacher who really understood her -- Mrs. Wexler, the school librarian, a woman who let her eat her lunch in the library office rather than hide in a bathroom stall, a woman who shared her passion for novels and knew just the ones she'd love -- is killed in a freak car accident, Sparrow's world unravels and she's found on the roof of her school in an apparent suicide attempt.With the help of an insightful therapist, Sparrow finally reveals the truth of her inner life. And it's here that she discovers an outlet in rock & roll music...
Saving Eli's Library
Saving Eli's Library - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Saving Eli's Library write by Ruth Horowitz. This book was released on 2020-10-01. Saving Eli's Library available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. There once was a town that saved its library. Eli loves going to the library for Story Circle, but, one stormy day, the nearby river threatens to flood it. Eli and his dad must brave the storm to help save the books, and, when the storm is over, the whole town must come together to rebuild the library. Inspired by the residents of Lincoln, Vermont, who rebuilt their library on three separate occasions, Saving Eli's Library showcases one community’s bigheartedness, and the power of water and nature.
