The Awesomely Adventurous Librarians
1st Edition
Published on 5. February 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-1-382-06391-3 (ISBN)
Description
We all know that librarians are superheroes, but does anyone know what they really do when the library lights go out and the readers have gone home? In Sleepy Creek Library, living and breathing stories have to be retrieved from the Land of Books.
Rida loves helping her grandad in the Sleepy Creek Library. She makes a list of all the readers' requests and passes it to Grandad to retrieve them. But when Arun asks for a book so adventurous no one has ever been able to catch it, Grandad says he can't help. Can Rida secretly journey to the Land of Books and find the story herself?
This action-packed adventure is perfect for inspiring a new generation of book-lovers!
Rida loves helping her grandad in the Sleepy Creek Library. She makes a list of all the readers' requests and passes it to Grandad to retrieve them. But when Arun asks for a book so adventurous no one has ever been able to catch it, Grandad says he can't help. Can Rida secretly journey to the Land of Books and find the story herself?
This action-packed adventure is perfect for inspiring a new generation of book-lovers!
Reviews / Votes
"A beautiful inter-generational story about being kind and resilient featuring the most awesome librarians - I loved it." * Julie Broadbent, School Librarian and Winner of the SLA Secondary School Librarian of the Year. * "A delightfully illustrated picture book celebrating the joy of libraries and the different worlds they can take you to." * Jenny Hawke, Children's Librarian and Vice Chair of the GLL Literary Foundation *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Dimensions
Height: 270 mm
Width: 233 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
161 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-382-06391-3 (9781382063913)
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Persons
Donna David is the author of the bestselling Trains, Trains, Trains series and the Would You Rather series for Macmillan. She has books published with Quarto and Badger Publishing and she has written fiction and nonfiction titles for Ladybird Audiobooks, and was the Author-in-Residence for Nottinghamshire libraries. Victoria Stebleva is an internationally published illustrator currently living in Nish, Serbia. She is the illustrator of the graphic novel
The Bog Who Didn't Want to Die (Scholastic). Victoria enjoys motorbike travelling, non-fiction literature, rock music, and cats.
The Bog Who Didn't Want to Die (Scholastic). Victoria enjoys motorbike travelling, non-fiction literature, rock music, and cats.