Library Day

by Anne Rockwell, Lizzy Rockwell (Illustrator)

Overview

Beloved author Anne Rockwell celebrates books, the love of reading, and of course, libraries, with a gorgeous new picture book about a child’s first visit to the library!

One day, a young boy visits the library for the very first time. While he’s there he listens to stories, reads books and magazines, and learns that there are also movies, crafts, chess, and puppet shows—something for everyone! With simple, lyrical text and bright illustrations that jump off the page, Library Day brings the joys of reading vividly to life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781481427326
Publisher:	Aladdin
Publication date:	01/10/2017
Series:	My First Experience Book Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	250,254
Product dimensions:	8.80(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.10(d)
Lexile:	AD520L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Anne Rockwell (1934–2018) has written numerous books for children, including At the Beach and The First Snowfall, both illustrated by Harlow Rockwell.

Lizzy Rockwell has illustrated several books written by her mother as well as many of her own titles. She lives with her family in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Editorial Reviews

10/19/2015
Over the years, the mother-daughter Rockwell team has collaborated on books about the first day of school, numerous holidays, and other notable occasions. Getting a library card is a worthy milestone, and a boy named Don gives a matter-of-fact rundown of his day at the library with his father, which begins with story time and later sees the boy perusing books, movies, and magazines. The Rockwells put Don’s independence front and center—he takes in the sights and makes a friend on his own, with his father reappearing only later in the book. Lizzy Rockwell’s tidy watercolors create an inviting environment buzzing with activity; one scene shows children reading, using computers, playing chess, and working on crafts (the illustrator also can’t resist tucking in a well-worn copy of the Rockwells’ 2011 book, Apples and Pumpkins). Don’s narration exudes a cool confidence and competence, his relationship with father is tender without being clingy, and readers will certainly finish the book with a solid sense of the opportunities that await at the library. Ages 4–8. (Jan.)

Publishers Weekly

2015-09-16
Don visits the local library with his dad and experiences the joys of storytime, meeting a new friend, selecting his own books to take home, and getting his very own library card. There is a very traditional feeling about this local public library, although computers and bar codes are depicted and mentioned. There are movies on the shelf, but the young boy is really interested in books and magazines. There are baby toys in the illustrations (the bead and wire mazes so popular in today's libraries), but even the baby pictured is glued to her board book, held upside down. An older boy is shown using a computer and wearing headphones, and some other kids are playing chess. The adults and children are ethnically diverse, and it is great to see a bilingual Puerto Rican librarian conducting one of the story sessions. (The book is dedicated to him, Miguel Garcia-Colón of the Byram Shubert Library in Greenwich, Connecticut, as well as two other beloved, deceased children's librarians.) Reading is being celebrated, and the Rockwells have done a little bit of self-promotion—when Don sees a book about apples and pumpkins on the shelf, guess which one is pictured. Lizzy Rockwell's clear, colorful, child-friendly watercolors and her mother's accessible text combine to create a read-aloud that will work equally well for home or early childhood group settings. Calling all young children to libraries everywhere. (Informational picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews