Twins Page and Turner Reed feel neglected by their parents who are always traveling for work. Their father’s most prized possession is a first edition of Dracula. When their parents are away, they take the book to the New York Public Library to try to find out what it’s worth, but the book disappears while they’re there. They meet the Night Librarian, who looks after the library during the night when the books come to life. Page and Turner must work with some of their favourite book characters to find Dracula and save the library from being destroyed.

This was such a fun graphic novel! I think many kids dream of entering their favourite stories or becoming friends with their favourite characters. Page and Turner met Alice in Wonderland, Tinkerbell, and Jack from Jack in the Beanstalk. Meeting these characters in this contemporary story is a great way to introduce young readers to classic stories.

The Night Librarian is a fun middle grade graphic novel!

Thank you Penguin Teen for providing a copy of this book!

Cute graphic novel in the realm of Night in the Museum and a nice tour through the NPL. The classic lit references were wonderful, if the premise was a bit hard to accept.

I have to note that I am a long time fan of the Thursday Next books by Jasper Fforde, and I struggled to keep myself from making comparisons. This book on it's own would be a great introduction for younger kids to the idea of characters having a life of their own outside of their books, and I will recommend it to elementary schools.

Enjoyable, quick read.

I enjoyed the artwork and the story was enjoyable. I didn't care for the names of the twins- Page & Turner- just a bit too much in my opinion.

This middle grade graphic novel is so much fun! It’s a love letter to libraries and the books that shaped us as children. What would you do if your favorite heroes (and villains) could escape their books, and you could travel with them into other books? It was a very cool concept and I had a great time reading this story. Very cute story with sibling relationships, excellent Easter eggs of lots of amazing books, fantastic setting, fun imaginations. Love this love letter to libraries and all the amazing books they contain.

Okay, I'm a fan of graphic novels. I don't recall reading one that I didn't like. But this one? This one is genius. Bibliophiles of all ages will be delighted by both the story and the illustrations. I loved every single thing about this book. I'll be purchasing it to keep on my own bookcase.

My stepdaughter read this and really enjoyed it. She is very into graphic novels and said she was able to keep the focus the whole time reading it. She said she loved the unique idea of releasing book villains through a library.

This was such a fun book. What happens when evil characters are released from their books and want to take over NYPL. Come find out! I loved the all the bookish themes and the book quotes throughout.

3 stars = Good, solid, fine

I had a mixed experience with this book. I loved the illustrations, and the premise is great. Readers are introduced to some classic stories which is done really well.

I thought the pacing, though, was uneven. The driving incident takes a backseat to a lot of world building - which is necessary, but I felt like we lost the plot thread for long chunks of the book. I thought one of the "solutions" mid-story was too much "tell" when showing would have been so much more satisfying. It was just so abrupt - I thought I missed a page or something. And the twins were hard to like.

I wouldn't be opposed to handing this to a middle grade reader, but I don't think this would end up being my top choice.

Fun title. A unique take on fairy tales and libraries and super fun! The art was wonderful, pulled you right in and made for an exciting experience and really made you feel "in the moment". It looks like it could be a stand alone or they could add more either way this was a fun, fast read.

What a delightfully fun read. Perfect for those middle grade readers that want a new GN series and an easy sell for librarians.

This was incredible! The story is engaging and I really cared for the characters. I could see children absolutely loving this, especially if they’re bookworms. It’s a fun little mystery with just the right amount of spookiness. I loved the art and the flow of the book!

Twins Page and Turner live in New York City and are mainly left to their own devices. Their parents are always away for their jobs, and their babysitter rather hang out with her friends. So many days, they hang out at the New York Public Library. One night, Page brings her father's prized possession, a rare copy of Dracula, to see if anyone knows how much it is worth. When they lose the book, they stumble upon the Night Librarian, a woman who is responsible for the library after it closes. They ask her for help and become involved in a very unusual problem - characters have been escaping their books!
Christopher Lincoln has created a great adventure inspired by the love of books. Kids will know many of the references, but the story inspires them to find out about them, too.

Adorable graphic novel that teaches kids about libraries and books. Follow the twin main charactes on a Night at the Museum style adventure in the New York Public Library. Bonus points for characters escaping their books. A little spooky, a little droopy, but all in good fun.

Books are full of magic, and in a well written book the characters can come alive. But what if they really came to life? In this graphic novel that will delight both young and old, Christopher Lincoln has created a world where characters can escape their books at night into the real world. The older a book, and the more books that surround it, the more the magic build up. It is the job of the night librarian at the New York Public Library to help keep the magic in check and prevent dangerous characters from exploding into the real world. In a plot reminiscent of "Night at the Museum", twins Page and Turner visit the library, and they find themselves in a real adventure that has exploded strait from their favorite novels.

Lincoln has created a fantastical world, and Lincoln's illustrations carry the story with pictures that are as magical as the plot. Turner has created unique characters like Ms. Literati the night librarian and adapted several other characters from children's classics. The heroes from Alice in Wonderland, treasure Island, Jack and the Beanstalk and Peter Pan help the children battle dragons, Dracula and other creatures. But the author has also included a few real world issues for kids to think about. Turner must deal with his overbearing twin sister who treats him as a little brother. Both kids have to deal with the emotional distance of their parents. Mom and Dad, who are constantly traveling leave them with a neglectful nanny and the kids feel that Dad cares more for his antique rare books than he does about them. Although the libraries problems are eventually magically solved, the kids need to address their own issues and realize that the only magic available to them for real life problems is communication.

When I grabbed this title on Free Comic Book day, I didn't realize that it was a sneak preview, so I was thrilled when I had a chance to get a temporary advanced review copy from the publisher and read the whole book. I loved this book. It was just a good as the first chapter had promised. This may be intended as a middle grade adventure, but I recommend this graphic novel for bookworms of any age!

Thank you NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This was a really fun book to read! As a teacher of third grade, I would love to get a copy of this for my classroom library. My students from last year would have loved this book! The idea that characters can come and go from books is such a fun topic for a story. I'm sure we would all love to meet characters from our favourite novels.

I appreciated how the siblings, Turner and Paige, were quite relatable as siblings. I think many kids could relate to how they respond to one another. I would hope that my students would want to read more, and learn about some of the characters that come out of the books.

Fantastic graphic novel for middle grade readers! This novel takes place in a library where a brother and sister bring their father’s prized possession Dracula book to see the cost of it at their library. Well…the book kind of walks off and they lose it!!

Books in this library come to life and can actually escape the pages! From “The Invisible Man” to “Peter Pan” and so many more, this graphic novel seems like it also comes to life right before your eyes!

This book is to be released on July 30, 2024. This is Christopher Lincoln’s debut graphic novel that will be released when he is 71 years old! Just an amazing book that will be great for all children or adults with curious minds and who also love the atmosphere of the library!

Thank you NetGalley for the advanced reading copy! It was such an incredible experience reading this one!!

The Night Librarian is a fun adventure story graphic novel for middle grade readers by Christopher Lincoln. Due out 30th July 2024 from Penguin Random House on their Young Readers' imprint, it's 256 pages and will be available in hardcover, paperback, and ebook formats.

This is an engaging and fun illustrated adventure (Lexile 430L). It's not derivative, but there are definite vibes of Night at the Museum and The Land of Stories, with a little soupcon of From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. It's set in NYC with twins Page and Turner (*snork*) whose absentee parents and AWOL nanny leave them alone to get up to shenanigans. Which they do, in spades. Books come alive and characters escape in the real magic happening under the NYPL.

They are recruited by one of the Night Librarians (the LAST night librarian, because of budget cuts) to help get the creatures/characters back in the books where they belong.

There are numerous book title tie-ins (Treasure Island, Dracula, Jack and the Beanstalk, and others), and the art is clever and well rendered in color throughout.

Four stars. This would be an excellent public or school library acquisition, for the home library, and for anyone who has ever understood that libraries are real magic.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

The Night Librarian was not as 'Night at the Musuem(y)' as I wished it would have been. And I wasn't s big fan of the art style. But I do think many middle-graders will enjoy it.

Thank you to Netgalley and Dial Books for providing me with a review copy.

Super cute. Wholesome. I’d have loved it as a little kid. I’d highly recommend to anyone who has a small bookworm in their life that likes a fantastical adventure story.

This is probably going to be my most recommended book for purchase and reading this year! The Night Librarian follows a set of twins as they go to the library with a first edition, first print copy of Dracula that belongs to their absent father. Their book seemingly disappears and they begin to notice odd things at the library, which is ultimately a result of things being released from the books at night. There are many twists and turns, many characters of treasured tales from childhoods, and many more classic quotes throughout. A book that really shows how books come alive. We have already preordered a copy for my library, and I will likely be purchasing a copy for my family in the near future as well.