Books About Libraries and Librarians -- Booklinks

The March 2010 issue of Booklinks (by Book List) features a classroom connections article by Reference Librarian Mary Northrup on "Love Those Libraries: Books about libraries and librarians". Mary's article includes descriptions and illustrations. Books listed:

• The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians. By Carla Morris. 2007.
• The Legend of Spud Murphy. By Eoin Colfer. 2004.
• Library Lion. By Kevin Hawkes. 2006.
• Miss Smith and the Haunted Library. By Michael Garland. 2009.
• Mrs. Roopy Is Loopy! By Dan Gutman. 2004.
• That Book Woman. By Heather Henson. 2008.
• It's Library Day. By Janet Morgan. 2008.
• Lola at the Library. By Anna McQuinn. 2006.
• Mind Your Manners. By B.B. Wolf. 2007.
• Our Library. By Eve Bunting. 2008.
• Read It, Don't Eat It! By Ian Schoenherr. 2009.
• Ron's Big Mission. By Rose Blue. 2009.
• When The Library Lights Go Out. By Megan McDonald. 2005.
• The Wonderful Thing About Hiccups. By Cece Meng. 2007.
• Bats at the Library. By Brian Lies. 2008.
• The Best Book to Read. By Debbie Bertram and Susan Bloom. 2008.
• But Excuse Me, That Is My Book. By Lauren Child. 2006.
• I Believe in Unicorns. By Michael Morpurgo. 2006.
• Library Mouse. By Daniel Kirk. 2007.
• The Little Red Fish. By Taeeun Yoo. 2007.
• Wild About Books. By Judy Sierra. 2004.
• Winston the Book Wolf. By Marni McGee. 2006.
• The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq. By Jeanette Winter. 2005.
• The Storyteller's Candle / La Velita de los Cuentos. By Lucia Gonzalez. 2008.

Note: This is a more comprehensive list than the one discussed a few months ago. See my earlier post on kids books about libraries.