The Keeper of Stories

Name: The Keeper of Stories
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ISBN: 9781665914970

Caroline Kusin Pritchard, Selina Alko

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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
04 February 2025

History & the past: general interest (Children's&YA); Religion & beliefs: general interest (Children's&YA); Educational: Religious studies: Judaism

A Sydney Taylor Book Award Picture Book Honor

Three starred reviews!

In this “poignant” (Booklist, starred review) and uplifting true story of community, a neighborhood comes together in the wake of a library fire to save the stories within, offering a timely reminder of the essential role libraries and books play in our communities.

A library is a keeper of stories. A keeper of memories. A keeper of hope. But what happens when that keeper is threatened?

When a fire broke out at New York’s Jewish Theological Seminary library in 1966, firefighters raced to the rescue. But by the end of the day, thousands of books had been turned to ashes and the ones that remained were on the brink of ruin. The community was devastated. Would the priceless stories in those waterlogged pages be lost forever? Or could helping hands from every background and corner of the neighborhood come together to become keepers of stories, too?

This powerfully told and lushly illustrated true story is a welcome example of how we all can come together to keep libraries and the books within safe for generations to come.

By: Caroline Kusin Pritchard
Illustrated by: Selina Alko
Imprint: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 305mm, Width: 229mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9781665914970
ISBN 10: 1665914971
Pages: 40
Publication Date: 04 February 2025
Recommended Age: From 4 to 8 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Caroline Kusin Pritchard grew up as the youngest of four children in Dallas, Texas, where she spent her childhood writing poems and reciting them to her loyal fanbase of stuffed animals. She is the author of many children’s books, including Gitty and Kvetch, The Day the Books Disappeared, and The Keeper of Stories, which is a Sydney Taylor Book Award Picture Book Honor, a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, and received three starred reviews. She has an MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts and lives in Northern Virginia with her husband and their four kiddos. Visit CarolineKusinPritchard.com to learn more. Selina Alko grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia, surrounded by the melody of words and stories from different places. Selina’s books include The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage, Daddy Christmas and Hanukkah Mama, Stars of the Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport, and I Is for Immigrants, which garnered a silver medal from the Society of Illustrators. She also illustrated The Keeper of Stories, a Sydney Taylor Book Award Picture Book Honor. Selina lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her children and her cat Czen. Visit her work at SelinaAlko.com.

Reviews for The Keeper of Stories

""A warm celebration of community spirit....An inspirational instance of people spontaneously coming together to help out in the wake of a natural urban disaster."" -- School Library Journal * 2/1/25 * * ""Pritchard’s forceful writing is marked by inspired turns of phrase....The marvelous illustrations, created with acrylic paints, colored pencil, and collage, are abuzz with spirited, robust movement...A stirring testament to the power of books to unite us all for good."" -- <I>Kirkus Reviews</I>, starred review * January 2025 * * ""Readers are pulled into the desperate fight to save irreplaceable treasures throughout a work that emphasizes the keeping done not only by libraries but by communities and people, too—guardians of memory and meaning, preserving the past for future generations."" -- Publishers Weekly, *STARRED REVIEW* * 11/24/2024 *