Planting Stories
An illustrated biography of the life of Pura Belpr?, the first Puerto Rican librarian in New York City.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 61
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860
subjects: belpr?, pura, new york public library, women librarians [X], authors, american, puerto rican women, women authors, puerto rican, librarians, puerto ricans, women, new york (n.y.), picture books, biographies, american authors
Sembrando Historias
When Pura Belpre came to America in 1921, she carried with her a passion for her homeland's folktales.
FIC
year:
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: belpre, pura, new york public library, authors, american, puerto rican women, women authors, puerto rican, women librarians [X], american authors, american literature, librarians, new york (n.y.)
Just Like Beverly
"A beautifully illustrated children's biography of Beverly Cleary, from her roots in Portland to her years as a librarian and an eventual children's book writer.
FIC
year:
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
The Giver Of Stars
"Set in Depression-era America, . . . Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: women librarians [X], kentucky, romance fiction, historical fiction, traveling libraries, man-woman relationships, friendship, man-woman relationship
The Book Of Lost Names
"A historical novel about a young woman with a talent for forgery who helps hundreds of Jewish children flee the Nazis, inspired by a true story from World War II"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: women librarians [X], photographs, code and cipher stories, world war, 1939-1945, jews, france, historical fiction, war fiction
The Paris Library
"Paris, 1939. Odile Souchet has . . . a dream job at the American Library in Paris, working alongside the library's legendary director, Dorothy Reeder.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: women librarians [X], war stories, war fiction, historical fiction, american library in paris, world war, 1939-1945, paris (france), montana
Upright Women Wanted
"Esther is a stowaway. She's hidden herself away in the Librarian's book wagon in an attempt to escape the marriage her father has arranged for her--a marriage to the man who was previously engaged to her best friend.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: women librarians [X], lesbians, twenty-first century, regression (civilization), female friendship, arranged marriage, southwestern states, dystopian fiction, lesbian fiction, science fiction
The Librarian Spy
World War II in Europe rages as librarian spies Ava and Elaine continue working for the Allies: the U.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: women librarians [X], women spies, world war, 1939-1945, historical fiction, lisbon (portugal), france, historical fiction, librarians, spy stories, war stories, spy fiction, war fiction