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Children's September Library Card Sign-up Month - Picture Books

A big surprise for Little Card by Charise Mericle Harper - Follows the adventures of Little Card, who delightedly anticipates going to school to become a birthday card only to trade jobs with Big Card and embark on a life at the library
Let's go to the library by Charles M. Schulz - Sally is so excited--she is going to the library to get her very first library card
Amelia Bedelia's first library card by Herman Parish - Amelia Bedelia helps out at the library with her classmates and wonders what kind of book she should borrow when she receives her first library card
D.W.'s library card by Marc Brown - After finally getting her first library card, Arthur's little sister D.W. tries to check out her favorite book, with humorous results
A Library by Nikki Giovanni - This ode to libraries is a celebration for everyone who loves stories, from seasoned readers to those just learning to love words
Stanley's library by William Bee - Stanley the hamster has a busy day as he takes his bookmobile to the park, hands out books, hosts an author signing and then partakes in his comforting nighttime routine
Dinosaur vs. the library by Bob Shea - Dinosaur is going to one of his favorite places, the library, and on the way he encounters a series of animals
Daniel visits the library by Maggie Testa - Daniel Tiger and Prince Wednesday are so excited for storytime, but they first must learn how to be calm at the library
Library books are not for eating! by Todd Tarpley - Ms. Bronte loves being a teacher, but she has one small problem . . . she also really loves eating books. Did I mention she's also a dinosaur?
Madeline Finn and the library dog by Lisa Papp - Reluctant reader Madeline really wants to earn a star at school, so when Mrs. Dimple, the librarian, suggests she read to a dog Madeline gives it a try
Pete the cat checks out the library by James Dean - Pete the Cat takes a visit to the library, where he checks out all the fun books, reads a few stories, and goes on groovy adventures
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Children's September Library Card Sign-up Month - Fast & Fun

The haunted library by Dori Hillestad Butler - When his haunt is torn down and he is separated from his ghost family, Kaz befriends human Claire, who has the ability to see ghosts, and helps her investigate a haunting at the local library
The scary library shusher by Andres Miedoso - When Desmond and Andres go to the Kersville Library for a school assignment, they encounter a ghost who insists they be quiet
Locked in the library! by Marc Brown - Although Arthur and Francine aren't speaking to each other, they must find a way to set aside their differences when they are locked in the library after it closes
Heidi Heckelbeck and the lost library book by Wanda Coven - Heidi has an overdue adventure when she loses a library book in this thirty-second Heidi Heckelbeck adventure!
Brute-cake by Troy Cummings - when Alexander's father signs him up for a summer maker program at the library he is happy to go--but he starts finding weird old-timey objects, and monster trading cards, and it starts to look like maybe monsters are back
Day of the Dragon King by Mary Pope Osborne - Jack and Annie must find the original copy of an old legend before the Imperial Library is burned down by the evil Dragon King
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Children's September Library Card Sign-up Month - Fiction

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's library by Chris Grabenstein - Twelve-year-old Kyle must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape the new town library
The lost library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass - When a mysterious little free library (guarded by a large orange cat) appears overnight in the small town of Martinville, eleven-year-old Evan's life is about to change
The deserted library mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner - At an old library, the Alden children discover a boy who needs their help and a stranger who is after a valuable object they found in the library
The Blue Lady of Coffin Hall by Carolyn Keene - Nancy and her boyfriend Ned visit Coffin Hall to research the library's rumored ghost, but when a fire breaks out and Ned is blamed, it is up to Nancy to find the true culprit
The undercover book list by Colleen Nelson - An anonymous correspondence between two seventh graders becomes an unlikely friendship after they start leaving notes in a school library book
Trapped! : a Framed! novel by James Ponti - Middle schoolers Florian and Margaret are determined to catch a spy--even if they have to break into, and out of, the Library of Congress to do it
Story thieves by James Riley - Owen's life is boring until he sees his classmate Bethany climb out of a book in the school library and he learns that Bethany is half-fictional
Adventure according to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney - Humphrey the classroom hamster has adventures going to the library, learning about the ocean, and sailing across a pond on a sailboat
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Children's September Library Card Sign-up Month - Non-fiction

Schomburg : the man who built a library by Carole Boston Weatherford - Traces legal clerk Arturo Schomburg's efforts to curate a collection of African books, letters, music, and art
Dewey the library cat : a true story by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter - Abandoned in a library book drop slot in the dead of winter, this remarkable kitten inspires the town of Spencer, Iowa
Digging for words : Jose Alberto Gutierrez and the library he built by Angela Burke Kunkel - In Bogota, Columbia, young Jose eagerly anticipates Saturday, when he can visit the library started by Jose Alberto Gutierrez
Please bury me in the library by J. Patrick Lewis - A collection of poems celebrating the joys of reading, books, libraries, and all things literary
The Library of Congress by Allan Fowler - A brief history of the Library of Congress describing its role in disseminating information and in collecting, cataloging, and preserving books and other related materials
The library book : the story of libraries from camels to computers by Maureen Sawa - Explores how libraries developed throughout history and their role in society