Children's Picture Books About Libraries

Kids and adults love the whole idea of being someplace public "after hours." Wonderful illustrations, and it's fun seeing the library from a non-biped perspective.

This book is such an eye-opener and one that anyone with an interest in libraries should read.

A little boy spends a lot of time at the library and looks at the librarians as his most cherished friends. They guide him throughout his childhood and he grows up to become, you guessed it, a librarian.

This wonderful true story about a librarian determined to save the books in her library is inspirational and shows how important books are to those who treasure them.

The librarian’s a dragon and she won’t let anyone read the books. This book is super cute and I love all the dragon-related puns.

Delightfully tender tale about a lion who strolls into the library and isn’t asked to leave.

An author mouse lives in a hole in the children’s reference book section of a library. The illustrations in this storybook are excellent.

This colorful librarian won’t tell them anything because she wants the students to learn how to find things themselves in the library by using the catalog and learning how to access appropriate information.

As with its predecessor, this book's richly detailed chiaroscuro paintings find considerable humor at the intersection where bat and human behavior meet.