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Overview

From the day she was born, Lil had a book in her hand...so it's no surprise when she grows up to become a librarian herself. She even manages to turn the people of Chesterville-who are couch potatoes-into readers. But then Bust-'em-up Bill roars into town with his motorcycle gang. Just mention reading to him and you're toast. Has Lil finally met her match? This original tall tale by a real-life librarian, combined with Steven Kellogg's trademark humor, is better than any TV show!

"A librarian's favorite fantasy...The silliness of both story and pictures are perfectly matched...A winner for storytimes anywhere."
-School Library Journal, starred review

"This love story about books is enough to make anyone wish for a permanent TV blackout!"
-Children's Literature

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780140568370
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date: 05/21/2001
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 32
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 10.50(h) x 0.10(d)
Lexile: 570L (what's this?)
Age Range: 3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Suzanne Williams is the award-winning author of more than 60 books for children, from picture books and easy readers to chapter books and middle-grade fiction series. A former elementary school librarian, she lives near Seattle.

Steven Kellogg is a beloved author and illustrator who has published more than 100 picture books, including the classics The Mysterious Tadpole, Can I Keep Him?, The Island of the Skog, and Is Your Mama a Llama?, and Pinkerton, Behave!, which was on Horn Book's and Booklist’s Best of the Year lists and led to four sequels. Kellogg is a winner of the Regina Medal for his lifetime contribution to children’s literature. His books have received numerous accolades, such as being named Reading Rainbow featured selections and winning the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Irma Simonton Black Award, the IRA-CBC Children’s Choice Award, and the Parents’ Choice Award.

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“A librarian’s favorite fantasy . . . The silliness of both story and pictures are perfectly matched . . . A winner for storytimes anywhere.”
—School Library Journal, starred review

“This love story about books is enough to make anyone wish for a permanent TV blackout!”
—Children’s Literature

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