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1) Book love
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English
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Book Love is a gift book of comics tailor-made for tea-sipping, spine-sniffing, book-hoarding bibliophiles. Debbie Tung's comics are humorous and instantly recognizable-making readers laugh while precisely conveying the thoughts and habits of book nerds. Book Love is the ideal gift to let a book lover know they're understood and appreciated.
3) Booked
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams"--OCLC.
Author
Series
Lunch Lady volume 2
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
The school lunch lady, a secret crime fighter, sets out to stop a group of librarians bent on destroying a shipment of video games, while a group of students known as the Breakfast Bunch provides back-up.
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"In this Episode, the Sith Lord must soothe his rambunctious twins, Luke and Leia, who are not ready to sleep and who insist on a story. As Vader reads, the book looks in on favorite creatures, droids, and characters, such as Yoda, R2-D2, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Darth Maul, Admiral Ackbar, Boba Fett, and many others as they tuck in, yawn, and settle down to dream"--Amazon.com.
6) Under-Earth
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English
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Under-Earth takes place in a subterranean landfill, hollowed out to serve as a massive improvised prison. Sunken into the trash and debris of the past - gameboys, iphones, coffee cups, old cars -- we follow two parallel stories. In the first, a new arrival struggles to adapt to the everyday violence, physical labour, and poverty of the prison city. Overwhelmed and alone, he finds a connection with a fellow inmate through an old, beat-up novel. While...
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Series
My weird school graphic novel volume 2
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English
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Description
"A.J. and his friends have the chance to win a trip to Dizzyland--if they can finish 5,000 books first. Dr. Carbles, the evil president of the Board of Education, doesn't think they can do it. But the Ella Mentry School kids are nothing if not determined! Will they achieve their theme park dreams? Or does Dr. Carbles have other plans for the school?"--
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Series
Bobo and Pup-Pup volume 3
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Bobo and Pup-Pup are very different. But they still love doing almost everything together! Have you ever read something so funny you couldn't stop laughing? That's happening to Pup-Pup! Bobo can't wait to read Pup-Pup's new book. But Pup-Pup is taking so long! What should Bobo do?" --back cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"It's no secret, but we are judged by our bookshelves. We learn to read at an early age, and as we grow older we shed our beloved books for new ones. But some of us surround ourselves with books. We collect them, decorate with them, are inspired by them,and treat our books as sacred objects. In this lighthearted collection of one- and two-page comics, writer-artist Grant Snider explores bookishness in all its forms, and the love of writing and reading,...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Spanish.
Language
Español
Description
"De pronto, Lisa vio que uno de los libros del estante casi relucía. Manual para superhéroes, se leía en el lomo. Era como si el libro le hablara directamente a ella y le pidiera que lo sacara de allí y se pusiera a hojearlo" Lisa no está a gusto en el nuevo colegio. Unos chicos la acosan, y ella se refugia en la biblioteca a diario para escapar. Un día encuentra un libro que describe cómo entrenar 101 poderes para convertirse en superhéroe....
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Theo has passed the exam to become a kafna and has begun his apprenticeship in the great library of Aftzaak. Kind and talented, Theo is friendly to everyone. Yet, one of his classmates, Aya Guunjoh, regards him as her enemy, for reasons unbeknownst to all but her. Will Theo's love of books and innate genius be enough for him to overcome this challenge?"--Back cover.
14) The oldest trick
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Dace finds a strange book in an antique dresser, and upon opening it he releases The Oldest Trick, an ancient evil which traps the boy in a fake nightmarish world--and only The Librarian can show him how to break the spell.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
English edition ; Kodansha Comics edition.
Language
English
Description
"Theo has returned to Aftzaak, the magisterial City of Books. Passing the exams to become a kafna was hard enough. Now he has to compete against his fellow trainees--fighters and geniuses one and all--to prove that he has what it takes to achieve his dreams and ascend to the Central Library's elite. Under the watchful eyes of his wise seniors and teachers, including his youthful mentor Sedona, Theo begins to awaken to the sublime fate and impossible...
16) Spell-bound
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
While cramming for her spelling test at an old library, Avery suddenly finds the words of her vocabulary workbook coming alive and wrapping around her --it is a cursed book, created by the evil Spellbinder, and only the Librarian can help her escape from the trap.
17) Book of storms
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Pablo, twelve, and his younger brother Alex find a book on extreme weather, only to discover the book does not just discribe weather, it creates it--and only the Librarian can control the book's power.
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
English edition; Kodansha Comics edition.
Language
English
Description
"Ambition tested. Theo has set out from his hometown on a journey to the great city of Aftzaak with three goals: to see the city he's longed for his whole life, to take the test to become a Kafna, and to return the book lent to him by Sedona seven years earlier -- the book that changed his life. The journey is difficult and the road long, but the world is filled with things for a young scholar like Theo to learn. Yet no matter how prepared he feels,...
19) The howling book
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Shay Isley loves to read but she has become bored by the usual stories so she turns to the horror section and finds the book, Attack of the Moon Beast; but when night comes this book turns into a monster, part werewolf and part book--and only the Librarian can save her and her little brother from becoming its prey.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
English edition; Kodansha Comics edition.
Language
English
Description
A story about a poor boy swept away by a kind library mage and the (literal) magic of reading, Magus of the Library is a beautifully-drawn, spirited fantasy adventure, like a Fullmetal Alchemist for all ages! Theo has completed the first part of the grueling exam to become a kafna, but he's not in the clear yet--there are two more trials he must face. Even if he makes it through the second test, an intense face-to-face oral examination, the last challenge...
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