Ivy used to be Anne the librarianâs favorite doll when she was a little girl. And when Anne finds Ivy again in the attic, she brings her to the library to join the Book Buddies, toys that can be checked out, just like books. But Ivy doesnât want
to be borrowed. She wants to go back to the way things used to be when she was Anneâs favorite toy.
Fern, who is spending time with her dad and his new family, doesnât want to go to the libraryâstory time is for younger kids like her stepsiblings, Sophie and Ethan. And she definitely doesnât want to borrow a doll. But Sophie insists and Fern ends
up borrowing Ivy. Can Fern and Ivy find a way to help each other adjust to a world thatâs changed?
From Newbery Honor winner Cynthia Lord and celebrated artist Stephanie Graegin, here is the first in a heartwarming series about a group of friendly toys at the library and the children who borrow them.