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Quiet! There's a Canary in the Library
by
Don Freeman
This classic by the creator of Corduroy tells the story of a little girl whose wild imagination gets the best of her while she is in the library. Full color.
Hardcover, 48 pages
Published
October 18th 2007
by Viking Juvenile
(first published 1969)
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Feb 22, 2012
Erin Kinstler
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'Quiet! There's a Canary in the Library' is sort of a "reverse" book for Don Freeman. Usually (like my past two reviewed books as examples), Don Freeman has a talking animals or object as the main character, with second hand background human characters. This book is different because the main character is a little human girl, with second hand background animal characters. This would be a GREAT book for any classroom around career day/week, because it fantasizes about future careers, in this case...more
Jun 04, 2009
Dolly
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
parents reading with their children
This is a fun book about a little girl imagining she ran the library and all the animals who would come and visit to read books. It's silly and fun, and has Don Freeman's cute illustrations. We really enjoyed reading this book together.
Dec 04, 2012
Emily Farmer
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
kindergarten and 1st graders
Shelves:
realistic-fiction
Cary wishes she was a librarian so that she can have an animal day at the library. When she dreams of her day there are giraffes, bears, lions, horese, cows, etc. When the mice show up then all the the animals make a reckus. The canary is the one to quiet them all down. Then she realizes she talked out loud and woke up from her dream. This book was just a cute story with semi good pictures.
LOL!!! Those of you who know my knickname at work is Carrie Canary will understand why this is so funny. A little red haired girl goes to the library every Saturday, and as she reads her book she dreams up the way she would run the library if she were in charge. The ending is absolutely perfect.
Thanks to Sadie for leaving this precious book in my locker.
Thanks to Sadie for leaving this precious book in my locker.
I give it 4 stars (I'd probably give it 3), only to remind myself that my 1.5 year old son really really likes it- mostly because he just really likes animals. I'm unsure why this is the title, but I like the crayon illustrations and I love the little girl's hair when she imagines she is a librarian.
Fun story about Cary, who wishes she were a librarian. Cary decides that she would invite animals into the library too, which is a great idea until the mice show up! The Kindergartners loved this one! A clever book from the author of CORDUROY.
This is a fun book that I bought for my toddler niece; she seems to enjoy the quaint language and laughing at the animals. I thought the vintage-looking illustrations were really cute.
Didn't love the stereotypical librarian bun but quite charming. I don't know why I always worry about what I'll find in a Freeman book--they're always enchanting.
Coruroy is one of my very favorite books and I'm delighted to read another lovely tale by Don Freeman. This on is for all the little future librarians.
Is this why I was interested in becoming a librarian?
"If I were a librarian I know what I would do," she said.
"If I were a librarian I know what I would do," she said.
Jul 06, 2010
Christine Turner
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
library,
conduct-of-life
Cary imagines a special day at the library when she invites only animals and birds to browse. www.hcpl.net
The little girl in the book has quite an imagination. The pictures are simple yet tell the story perfectly.
Describes Cary's special day at the library when she invites only animals and birds to browse.
girl dreaming about being a librarian and inviting all sorts of animals in!
fun!
fun!
Cute and funny and Zoe and I both liked it.
Totally enjoyed this book!
Amusing concept
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If you love the classic children's books of Don Freeman, you'll love this incredibly adorable book. It would be perfect for K-2 grade class visits to the library.
A nice story about Cary and her trip to the library. She imagines what she would do if she were the librarian - host an Animal and Bird Day. The book was published in 1969 and something about the overall pacing of the story and muted illustrations indicate its age.
Edited to add that I used this for a Kindergarten class visit and it was a HIT.
Edited to add that I used this for a Kindergarten class visit and it was a HIT.
Read during Pre-K class visit on 4/18/13: http://storytimesecrets.blogspot.com/...
Read at Family Story Time on 6/15/13: http://storytimesecrets.blogspot.com/...
Read at Family Story Time on 6/15/13: http://storytimesecrets.blogspot.com/...
I love this book. Seriously. Love. It's now one of my standard books to read to classes/daycares that are taking tours of the library. Animals where they ought not be? Count me in.
Good read aloud about libraries/animals with animal sounds and exclamations. Girl imagines animals in her library if she were librarian. Cute. Viv loved it.
there is an endless imagination of the innocent child sitting amongst the never-ending literary lines 'a-la library'.
I love animals. I work in a library. I have red hair and a wild imagination. This is my book.
This book is what happens when a little girl's imagination runs wild in the library.
Animals join a girl in the library. Quite a bit of fun, good imagination.
Freeman, Don K-1st
Not a great book, but my 3 year old likes it.
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Don Freeman was a painter, printmaker, cartoonist, children's book author, and illustrator. He was born in San Diego, California, attended high school in Missouri, and later moved to New York City where he studied etching with John Sloan.
Frequent subjects included Broadway theatre, politics, and the circus. He was also a jazz musician, and the brother of circus entrepreneur Randy Freeman.
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Frequent subjects included Broadway theatre, politics, and the circus. He was also a jazz musician, and the brother of circus entrepreneur Randy Freeman.
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