Chris Grabenstein
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English
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A twelve-year-old boy, worried that his parents may divorce, discovers that an island in the middle of the lake where he is spending the summer is the testing grounds of the mysterious Dr. Libris, who may have invented a way to make the characters in books come alive.
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Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 2
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English
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Books About Libraries
Celebrating National Reading Month - Juvenile Fiction - March 2025
OBD Books About the Library - YOUTH
Youth - National Library Week
Celebrating National Reading Month - Juvenile Fiction - March 2025
OBD Books About the Library - YOUTH
Youth - National Library Week
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"Mr. Lemoncello has invited teams from all across America to compete in the first ever LIBRARY OLYMPICS ... but someone is trying to censor what the kids are reading"-- Provided by publisher.
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English
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"To win Mr. Lemoncello's new television game show, Kyle and his team have to break out of their comfort zone and walk a mile in other characters' shoes and figure out how to unlock a series of locks and break out of the game before their competition!"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
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Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 1
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English
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Kyle Keeley is the class clown, popular with most kids (if not the teachers), and an ardent fan of all games: board games, word games, and particularly video games. His hero, Luigi Lemoncello, the most notorious and creative gamemaker in the world, just so happens to be the genius behind the building of the new town library. Lucky Kyle wins a coveted spot to be one of the first 12 kids in the library for an overnight of fun, food, and lots and lots...
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Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 6
Publication Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Kyle participates in the last of Mr. Lemoncello's fantabulous games with the hopes of winning ownership of the entire Lemoncello empire.
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Publication Date
[2022]
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English
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Go back to the start and meet thirteen-year-old, puzzle-obsessed Luigi Lemoncello! Luigi has a knack for games and puzzles. But sometimes it feels like the cards are stacked against him. Until a carnival arrives in town and Luigi gets the chance of a lifetime, the opportunity to work for the world famous Professor Marvelmous, a dazzling, banana-hat-wearing barker who puts the show in showman. When the carnival closes, Professor Marvelmous leaves behind...
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Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 5
Language
English
Description
Far away from his magical library, everyone's favorite game maker, Luigi Lemoncello, is building something new. Something SECRET. And he's about to let the world see it. He'll reveal that hidden deep within the Lemoncello-tastic new building is a single ticket. A titanium ticket. Four lucky boys and girls are about to win the chance to go inside the building on a spectacular scavenger hunt that will take them through bigger-than-life live-action games,...
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Mr. Lemoncello's library volume 3
Language
English
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Books About Libraries
Celebrating National Reading Month - Juvenile Fiction - March 2025
OBD Books About the Library - YOUTH
Celebrating National Reading Month - Juvenile Fiction - March 2025
OBD Books About the Library - YOUTH
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"Mr. Lemoncello holds a contest for his young friends where they must race to bring interesting facts back to his library"-- Provided by publisher
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Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Publication Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape"-- Provided by publisher.
10) Home sweet motel
Author
Series
Welcome to Wonderland volume 1
Publication Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Checkout these Sweet Reads – Juvenile Fiction February 2025
Laugh Out Loud (WPL-Youth)
OBD Funny Books - YOUTH
Laugh Out Loud (WPL-Youth)
OBD Funny Books - YOUTH
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"P.T. and his friend Gloria must solve a mystery at the world's wackiest motel: The Wonderland"-- Provided by publisher.
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Random House
Publication Date
[2025]
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English
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Twelve-year-old Ben and his polar opposite, eighteen-year-old brother Ethan, embark on a road trip race across Route 66 for a chance to win a million-dollar prize as they solve puzzles and bond with each other.
12) Dog Squad
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Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Publication Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Fred, a scrappy and lovable dog, gets cast as a stand-in for the lead role in Dog Squad, a show about crime-fighting dogs, and he soon finds out the action doesn't always stop on screen"-- Provided by publisher.
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English
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When seventh-grader Jake McQuade mistakes the world's first ingestible knowledge pills for jelly beans, he suddenly knows all about physics and geometry and can speak Swahili (though Spanish would be a lot more useful)--but his sort-of girlfriend Grace thinks they can use his new found brilliance to save their middle school from the new principal, who is conspiring to get it shut down.
Author
Series
Welcome to Wonderland volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Publication Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"P.T. and Gloria try to save the Wonderland again by getting a teen singing sensation to shoot a movie at the motel"-- Provided by publisher.
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Series
Publisher
Random House Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Publication Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
"Kyle and his friends are back in Mr. Lemoncello's Library to compete in his extravagant library olympics"-- Provided by publisher.
16) Genius Camp
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English
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"Twelve-year-old Jake McQuade-the smartest kid in the universe-goes to a camp for geniuses, where he goes up against the Virtuoso quantum computer, the smartest machine in the universe"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Publication Date
[2020]
Language
English
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The author of the Mr. Lemoncello books brings his wit and humor to a pint-sized audience in this picture book debut that turns the universal dilemma of getting kids to sleep on its head. It's time for a nap but, just like stubborn toddlers everywhere, Annalise Devin McFleece won't have anything to do with bedtime. Dad tries to encourage sleepiness by pushing her around the park in her stroller. Along the way, they pass a man sitting on a bench, dog...
18) Evil genius
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English
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Twelve-year-old Jake McQuade is the smartest kid in the universe, but if he wants to keep his title he will have to figure out a way to defeat the villain who steals his ingestible knowledge capsules.
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English
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It's story time at Hickleberry Elementary with Stinky the stuffed skunk! You've probably heard of the boy who cried wolf, but do you know what happened after no one believed him? Well, according to Stinky, the boy moves away to the Big City, where he gets a job crying wolf for The William D. Wolfe Company, Makers Of All Sorts Of Fine And Fancy Stuff. But when the boy gets bored again, he decides to use his talents to cry UNDERPANTS instead. When the...
Author
Series
Welcome to Wonderland volume 3
Publisher
Random House
Publication Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In order to save the reputation of the Wonderland, P.T. and Gloria must find the culprit who stole a royal tiara from the hotel.