title: The Midnight Library
author:  Kazuno Kohara 
description: PreS-Gr 1Kohara's latest picture book is tailor-made for pajama storytimes. The Midnight Library is unusualonly open from midnight until dawn. Bustling among furry and feathered patrons, a little librarian and her three assistant owls help each and every reader find the perfect book. Acknowledging that modern libraries also function as vibrant community centers where noise is accommodated, the diminutive information professional cheerfully leads a band of musical squirrels to the activity room, where they "played their instruments as loud as they liked." As dawn approaches and the librarian prepares to close down, she patiently persuades a slowly reading tortoise to get a library card and borrow his selectiona scene which will ring familiar for many librarians. As in Ghosts in the House (Roaring Brook, 2008), Kohara employs a limited but bold palette for her sightly retro-style linocut illustrations. Thick black lines define the young librarian, her animal patrons, and the angular, teetering stacks of books. Mustard yellow, which serves as the primary color throughout, lends the nighttime setting a coziness and warmth appropriate for snuggling up for storytime. Pops of navy blue accent both the midnight sky glimpsed through windows and the dozens of library books. Kohara achieves something unique with this title: a modern sensibility with a classic aesthetic. A delightful addition to picture book collections.Kiera Parrott, School Library Journal
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  LISA  
  KLEYPAS
  
  Midnight  
  Angel
  
  To Jennifer Gold,  
  a wonderful friend!  
  Thanks for the visit to Russia.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  CONTENTS
  
  
  [Prologue](midnightangel.html#pro)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter One:](midnightangel.html#ch1)  
  [Alicia, Lady Ashbourne wrung her hands…](midnightangel.html#ch1)
  
  
  [Chapter Two: ](midnightangel.html#ch2)  
  [The servants' hall was filled with conversation…](midnightangel.html#ch2)
  
  
  [Chapter Three: ](midnightangel.html#ch3)  
  [The pile of books dropped from Tasia's hands…](midnightangel.html#ch3)
  
  
  [Chapter Four: ](midnightangel.html#ch4)  
  [Tasia shrank back against the wall. Murmurs…](midnightangel.html#ch4)
  
  
  [Chapter Five: ](midnightangel.html#ch5)  
  [With the weekend party concluded, the last…](midnightangel.html#ch5)
  
  
  [Chapter Six: ](midnightangel.html#ch6)  
  [Tasia clamped her mouth shut, while rage…](midnightangel.html#ch6)
  
  
  [Chapter Seven: ](midnightangel.html#ch7)  
  [Tasia saw very little of Luke for the next few…](midnightangel.html#ch7)
  
  
  [Chapt