Yee-haw! It’s Friday!
And I’ve got a rootin’-tootin’ choice for y’all to lasso and mosey on home to your corral with 😊
It’s extra perfect for the front end of summer when you might want to (and will hopefully be able to!) git-along down to your local library and stock up on books for those lovely summer days – if not at the pool or the beach, at least in your back yard hammock or pleasant window seat.
Check it out! (hehe)
Title: Library’s Most Wanted
Written By: Carolyn Leiloglou
Illustrated By: Sarah Pogue
Pelican Books, May 25 2020, fiction
Suitable For Ages: 3-8
Themes/Topics: books/reading, perspective, responsibility
Opening: “When Aunt Nora asked her to be deputy librarian, Libby took her job very seriously.”
Brief Synopsis: (from the publisher) “Libby longs to be a great librarian like her aunt Nora, and it just chaps her hide when kids vandalize books. She hangs up Wanted posters to drive the “outlaws” from her “territory.” But when she realizes that a librarian’s real job isn’t protecting books but connecting them with readers, she must find a way to lure them back.”
text copyright Carolyn Leiloglou 2020, illustration copyright Sarah Pogue 2020, Pelican
Links To Resources: activities from the author’s website (coloring page, wanted poster, word search); library activities for elementary school
Why I Like This Book: I love the concept of an assistant librarian being like a deputy sheriff, and the whole western theme of the book. It makes the story fun and accessible. The story is also a wonderful introduction to the idea that there can be more than one way to look at a situation. Libby’s love for books makes her want to take good care of them and make sure they are never damaged, but that is not everyone’s idea of how to love books. Libby has to learn that the important thing is that everyone love books – not how they love them. The art is appealing, and I especially love all the Wanted Posters – first for the “outlaws” and then for the readers. A wonderful celebration of reading!
I hope you enjoy it as much as I do 🙂
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Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!!! 😊
P.S. PPBF will go on summer hiatus as usual in a week or two. . . just a heads up.
Susanna Leonard Hill 
“Chaps her hide” is one of my new favorite expressions. I plan to use it often! This book is high on my TBR list. Great rec, Susanna!
Haha! One of my high school teachers used to say it often! 🙂 I hope you enjoy the book!
I love Libby’s posters & the random tumbleweed in the library! This such a fun book.
I love the “wanted” posters! And the idea of a library deputy. Definitely looking for this once our libraries open again (soon, I hope!)
Haha! Thanks! We can’t wait to get back to our library!
I can’t wait to read all about it! Such a fun theme, and libraries! One of my favorite places to go. Whenever they let us go back. Congrats!
Hopefully they’ll let us come back to the library soon!
Love your choice today Susanna. I’m making sure our library gets it in.
Aww! Thanks! It definitely belongs in a library! 🙂
Yee-haw! Such a wonderful choice as we look forward to the reopening of our libraries!
Thanks! And me too!
Can’t wait to read this one!
Clever idea to have a library deputy, who learns on the job. Great choice! Look forward to libraries reopening — can only get books I have reserved, but it takes time to get them. They call me and I have to make an appt to pick them up at curbside service. And, they are swamped. I miss browsing.
My library is opening curbside in two weeks. I’m thankful we had lots of great books checked out before they closed!
Love this book…was honored to feature it last week along with a Q&A with talented author, Carolyn Leiloglou. And I loved seeing some of the illustrations by Sarah Pogue…love her wanted posters!!!
Thanks again, Vivian!!
Thanks great book, great post! 🙂