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Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
An experimental graphic novella that recounts a troublesome week in the Library via seven short stories--one for each day--that use comics, infographics, prose, and poetry to play with the graphic medium and explore the multivalent world of living narrative--Adapted from page 4 of cover.
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"At the Mallville Public Library they've seen it all. Like Naked Ned, who takes Freedom of Expression to new lengths. Or Merv, who does everything in the library but read. Or Buddy the Book Beaver, ex-con tree surgeon turned summer reading program mascot. Or the missing books that keep showing up on eBay. Or the amorous teenagers who won't take it outside. In all this chaos and insanity, who ya gonna call? Why, a librarian of course. But please -...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Unshelved entertains tens of thousands of library workers, teachers, and book nerds around the world with tales of what really goes on behind the desk, between the stacks, and in the staff lounge of your local public library. In this, the final collection, you'll find over two years of full-color comic strips including the third Unshelved graphic novella, Lights out.
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.
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...
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,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Whitney and Ben are two middle school students on a field trip to a college library for a research project; but the bored teens venture through a door marked "Special Collection Sinister History" and meet the evil Archivist who collects tales of the world's oldest, most terrifying creatures and uses magic to bring them to life--she is looking to bring a local legend called The Stalker into the real world and only the Librarian can save Ben and Whitney...
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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