Librarians on Screen
Was right to mistrust Harold Hill
The Music Man (1963)
Unofficial name of the ghost
Nancy
Former library cat of the Spencer Public Library in Iowa
Dewey Readmore Books
A girl who's good at archery wins a raffle
The Hunger Games
The worst author in existence, according to librarians
James Patterson
Giant owls can be librarians too
Avatar the Last Airbender (2004-2008)
Original logo
The Woodbridge Oak
Everyone's favorite racist, antisemitic, sexist founder of the American Library Association
Melville Dewey
Ghosts haunt a rich man until he feels bad about himself.
A Christmas Carol
Make way for this author, whose work inspired a famous sculpture in the Boston Public Garden
Robert McCloskey
Clumsy but charming Egyptologist
The Mummy (1999)
Year the current library opened
1999
Founding father who helped establish the first lending library in the U.S.
Benjamin Franklin
A boy has a fever dream due to lack of nutrition
Where the Wild Things Are
Though his most famous character is a lover of logic, this author was convinced that Harry Houdini performed his tricks using supernatural powers
Arthur Conan Doyle
Has a complicated relationship with Ron Swanson
Parks and Recreation (2009-2015)
Year the old library opened
1940
World's largest library
Library of Congress
Local rich bachelor almost dooms the world because he wants to live forever
The Lord of the Rings
Born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien, this author's best known work was adapted into a 1994 Oscar-nominated film featuring Tom Cruise
Anne Rice
Would have been a librarian, in another life
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Name of the Adult Wing
Stephen M. Kordiak Adult Wing
Home state of the first library in the U.S. to be free for public use
Connecticut! (Specifically, the Scoville Library in Salisbury)
Two women fight to the death over a pair of shoes
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, this author is credited with inventing the popular Word Ladder puzzle
Lewis Carroll