Have You Heard About... Library Lily

Fran J — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:15:37 +0000

… The little girl who loved to read? When Lily learns to read, her mom takes her to the library to get her very own library card. Lily loves to read. Thin books, fat book, new books, old books, touchy-feely-furry- type books, any type of book you can imagine is a great adventure. Lily likes to read so much that she is called Library Lily.

Gillian Shields does a terrific job in describing how Lily forgets to do much of anything else. When Lily goes to the park, instead of playing, she has her nose buried in a book. When her mom tells her to go and have some fun, Lily walks around and reads all of the different signs. All of a sudden another little girl, named Milly, comes along. Milly hates to read. Milly would rather be playing. In becoming friends, these two forge a friendship where they learn to have great adventures together outside, exploring and then reading about all the exciting adventures in books. In fact, they learn that it’s a great big world outside to explore, and you can always find the most perfect book at the library to go with what you find outside and more!

Reviewed by Terry (staff)

Have You Heard About... I Will Not Read this Book

Fran J — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:28:42 +0000

… the little boy who would find any reason he could not to read a book? In I Will Not Read this Book by Cece Meng, a little boy will do anything he can think of to avoid reading a book. He has to clean under his bed and feed his fish. He will not read this book even if you hang him upside down, by one toe, while you tickle his feet, in a rainstorm. He will not read this book even if you hang him upside down, by one toe, while you tickle his feet, in a rainstorm and a fire breathing dragon blows smoke in his face.

But what happens if he is suddenly dropped? Will he change his mind? You will have to read this delightfully illustrated book to find out!

Reviewed by Terry (staff)

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Have You Heard About... Library Lily

Have You Heard About... I Will Not Read this Book