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Author
Publisher
Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date
[2012], c1980
Language
English
Description
A career butler who worked in numerous magnificent homes to Lords in Britain describes all the essential details of his craft, from taking care of clothing to managing the table, all done with required efficient elegance.
Author
Series
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
After working as a nanny for the power hungry ShrubBaby (a deceivingly adorable baby shrub), DJ Funkyfoot — a chihuahua who dreams of being a butler — has finally landed his dream job. A real, actual butler gig! He’s been hired to butler for President Horse on the day that the president needs to sign a peace treaty with the Queen of Wingland. But the president doesn’t feel like it. All he wants to do is kick back, relax, and play some mini-golf....
Author
Series
DJ Funkyfoot volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
DJ Funkyfoot may have a name fit for a hip-hop star, but as a dog butler desperate to find a job, he takes a job as a nanny watching over a ShrubBaby that loves chaos.
5) The butler
Author
Language
English
Description
Joachim von Hartmann was born and raised in Buenos Aires by his loving German mother, inseparable from his identical twin. When Joachim moves to Paris with his mother in his late teens, his twin stays behind and enters a dark world. Meanwhile, Joachim begins training to be a butler, fascinated by the precision and intense demands and goes on to work in some of the grandest homes in England. His brother never reappears. Olivia White has given ten years...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Ride through Rubberwick in your Rolly Royce with Freddie and Peccary! This story collection is full of whimsical illustrations and laugh-out-loud adventures. From solving problems like the mysterious knock-knocking door, to saving the day with a fresh batch of waffle batter, Freddie Parrott knows that he can always count on his loyal butler and best friend, Peccary"--
Author
Publisher
Tin House
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In the dead of night, shots ring out over the grounds of a sprawling English estate. The world-weary butler Eustace recognizes the gunman -- his longtime employer, Mr. Crowe -- and knows he must think and act quickly. Who is the man lying dead on the lawn? Who is the woman in his company? Can he clean up his master's mess like he always has before? Or will this bring a new kind of reckoning? Mr. Crowe was once famed for his gifts-unaccountable gifts,...
10) The fallen idol
Series
Criterion collection volume 357
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The relationship between a young boy and his beloved butler turns sour when the boy suspects the butler of murder.
11) Black butler: 31
Author
Series
Black butler volume 31
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In order to cut off their enemies' lifelines, the Phantomhive staff has scattered in all directions. To the north, Mey-Rin, having infiltrated Baron Heathfiel's manor, engages in battle with the masterful maid, Jane! Meanwhile, in the east, at a sanatorium for veterans, Baldo and Lau receive a rough welcome from the nurse celebrated as a miracle healer"--
12) The aristocats
Publisher
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In the heart of Paris, a kind and eccentric millionairess wills her entire estate to Duchess, her high-society cat. Duchess has three little kittens. A greedy, bumbling butler pulls off the ultimate catnap caper. Now it's up to the rough-and-tumble alley cat, Thomas O'Malley, and his band of swingin' jazz cats to save the day.
Author
Publisher
37 Ink/Atria
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
When acclaimed Washington Post writer Wil Haygood had an early hunch that Obama would win the 2008 election, he thought he'd highlight the singular moment by exploring the life of someone who had come of age when segregation was so widespread, so embedded in the culture, as to make the very thought of a black president inconceivable. He struck gold when he tracked down Eugene Allen, a butler who had served no fewer than eight presidents, from Harry...
14) Black butler: 22
Author
Series
Black butler volume 22
Publisher
Yen Press / Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Escaping the wolves in sheep's clothing of Wolfsschlucht, Earl Ciel Phantomhive, unstoppable butler Sebastian, and the rest of the Phantomhive household abscond with the Emerald Witch. They take refuge in the hideaway of an old family friend--Diedrich, the late Vincent Phantomhive's schoolmate and confidant. But as preparations are made for the passage home to England, word of the Undertaker and his odd behaviour hangs over the proceedings. What...
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a true story about Cecil Gaines, a devoted husband, father, and White House butler who served eight Presidential administrations during the turbulent politics and civil rights battles of twentieth century America.
16) Black butler: 23
Author
Series
Black butler volume 23
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"In the heart of London stands Sphere Music Hall, a venue that enjoys immense popularity amongst the populace. However, the fervour with which its visitors return causes consternation in the mind of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, who suspects the organisation of cult practices and sends Earl Ciel Phantomhive and his impeccable butler, Sebastian, to infiltrate the hall. They are met with none other than the disgraced erstwhile prefects of Weston College...
17) Black butler: 32
Author
Series
Black butler volume 32
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Baldo and Lau have uncovered the blood collection scheme at the Athena Sanitorium for Former Service men in record time, but the situation is not as cut-and-dry as they had assumed. While chief nurse Ada wants nothing more than to wash her hands of the whole affair, her duty to give the best care possible to her fellow veterans keeps her shackled to the Aurora Society. After all, the atrocities of war and the guilt of survival are heavy burdens to...
18) Black butler: 21
Author
Series
Black butler volume 21
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
[2015].
Language
English
Description
Investigating the Emerald Witch in a small town in the forests of German, Ciel and his butler Sebastian, on orders from the Queen, escort the Emerald Witch out of her castle and into the world.
19) Black butler: 20
Author
Series
Black butler volume 20
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
[2015].
Language
English
Description
Debilitated by the curse of the wolfman, Ciel orders his butler Sebastian to head to London, but before he can leave, Her Majesty's man John Brown drops in on Sebastian bearing a mysterious royal letter.
20) Black butler: 10
Author
Series
Black butler volume 10
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Ciel Phantomhive investigates murders at his royally sanctioned dinner party and suspects an odd priest, who showed up uninvited on his doorstep, may be the perpetrator.
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