When Miss Goose announces that the library is going to close forever, Raccoon and his friends spring into action. Where will they get the help they...
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Sep 05, 2010
Eva
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2.5 - I don't know what it is about Eve Bunting's books but I either love them or hate them. Julia usually feels just about the same way with each one but for some reason this one fell in the middle for us.
I love the idea and I could tell it made Julia imagine just what if.... what if she had no library to go to? It probably didn't hit home the way it would an older kid, especially since she knows Mommy has what amounts to a small library here in the house and that we'd never go without b More...
I love the idea and I could tell it made Julia imagine just what if.... what if she had no library to go to? It probably didn't hit home the way it would an older kid, especially since she knows Mommy has what amounts to a small library here in the house and that we'd never go without b More...
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Mar 30, 2011
Laura
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Another spin on a picture book about libraries. Eve Bunting's story with Maggie Smith's illustrations add up to a cute but simple story about how to save a library. All of the animal children love the library and work hard to save it. As Miss Goose tells the children about the library's problem, they find the perfect book to solve each problem. They paint the library, hold a bake sale, and find a new location for the library. While I believe that the solutions are too simple and unrealistic
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Dec 28, 2010
Jamie
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The children who go to the community library find out that the library will have to close. They all work together to make sure that they library can stay open. They all share what they like best about the library and why they think it is important.
The artwork is bright and colorful and creates a happy feeling. The story has a predictable act that occurs throughout the story. The readers will be able to predict that the kids will get two books from their library More...
The artwork is bright and colorful and creates a happy feeling. The story has a predictable act that occurs throughout the story. The readers will be able to predict that the kids will get two books from their library More...
Jun 21, 2011
Suzanne
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I read this to a couple of first grade classes who visited our library. The message behind the library's endangered future was that answers could be found in books. Although the animals/characters search for the books they need to solve problems .... I thought it was ironic that the books "saved" the library.
A good book to promote reading, and the importance of libraries!
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A good book to promote reading, and the importance of libraries!
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Aug 12, 2010
J-Lynn
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A cute story that shows young children using the library to solve all sorts of problems. When they hear that the library needs repairs and will be closed, they use the books to fix it up and find a new location. The book shows really empowered children solving the problems of their communities using books from the library!
The illustrations are beautifully detailed, bright watercolors that portray the children as various animals.
The illustrations are beautifully detailed, bright watercolors that portray the children as various animals.
Jun 27, 2010
Ruth
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Eve Bunting, a prolific author, produced another winner about a group of animal friends that help save their library by finding the help they need in books! Good book to spark a discussion about problem-solving and using books as resources. Plus, kids always enjoy seeing children as the heroes, rather than adults. It's empowering and encouraging for them.
May 13, 2010
Megan
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The kids of the meadow solve all of the library's problems by reading books and learning how to do all sorts of things from fixing a roof to handling public relations with a grouchy beaver. The premise: "There's nothing you can't do when you have a good book!" Geared more toward the public librarian, but a great message for school librarians to use as well.
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Sep 22, 2011
ckodama152
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With all the cutbacks to libraries and library programs these days this picture book is a good reminder of how citizens (in this case animal citizens) can come together and rally to keep their public library open. It just takes the resilient and unwavering spirits of those who value the materials and services the library provides.
Nov 11, 2011
Deb
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I like a lot of Eve Bunting's books, but this one just didn't work for me. Big preachy topic of saving the library is for older readers, but the (cute) illustrations made me think it was for younger audience when I picked it up. Oversimplification of the topic.
Jul 23, 2009
Mandy
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Fun and creative! This book takes you along on a ride to save the library while learning just how much you can learn through the library! A handful of cute animals show us the importance and fun you can have while reading!
Sep 10, 2011
Lucius
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Nice book about a group of critters that fight, using knowledge gained from books, to keep a library open. Best line: "...an ignorant skunk is a very sad skunk indeed."
Jul 22, 2011
Children save the library! Problem solving. First roof and paint, then fundraising for running the library, then finding a plot of land to place the library. Fun!
Apr 10, 2010
Beth
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The animals work so that their library will not close forever. They hold a bake and art sale. They find a nice new home for the library in the meadow by butter cups.
Jul 06, 2010
A raccoon and his friends go to great lengths to make sure they will always have a library from which to borrow books. www.hcpl.net
Aug 11, 2011
Carrie
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When Miss Goose announces that th elibrary is going to close forever, RAccoon and his friends spring into action to save it.
Nov 14, 2010
Chrystal
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I loved the story of saving the library, reading how to do things, and loving to learn. Very cute art and good teaching tool.
Jan 12, 2012
Haim
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A cute picture book by Eve Bunting. Eve Bunting's simple plot of a community coming together to save the library.
Oct 05, 2009
Marcelle
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Jonas and I love to read this book. my favorite line is about the ignorant skunk--is a sad skunk indeed. ENJOY!
Jun 26, 2010
Teresa
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The book showed children practical uses of a library in a cute story. Younger students will love it.
Mar 05, 2009
Rachel
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Eve Bunting writes a book about friends who do everything they can to save their library.
Jun 23, 2011
Randie
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Raccoon and his friends are on a mission to save the library and discover that you can learn to do anything by reading a book!
Dec 10, 2009
Tina
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"animals library going to close, the kids save it with advice from books"
Nov 29, 2008
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
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It was a bit too obviously preachy for me. The adult message: support your local library financially. The children's message: you can learn anything from books. For kids and adults: It takes a community to support a library. In the dedication, Eve Bunting mentions that her daughter is a librarian, which I didn't know. Cute illustrations, but not one of Bunting's best books.
Oct 08, 2008
Jackie
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I give this book major credit for the idea--Raccoon and friends help save their local library using information they read in that library's books. A great quote: "There's nothing you can't learn to do when you have books.". I just felt that the story wasn't rhythmic enough for the target age group of the book. Still, it's a nice story and the illustrations are fun.
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Sep 15, 2008
Susan
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When the old library is going to close because of a lack of funding (sound familiar to some out there?), some (raccoon and assorted animals) children figure out a way to get a new library up and running. How? By reading books of course. To quote the gopher - "There's nothing you can't learn to do when you have books". Indeed. A love song to books, reading, and libraries.
Aug 28, 2008
Jen
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Oh, Eve Bunting, you totally missed a chance to give kids a real lesson in politics and economics. Grouchy old men not wanting a library on their land simplifies the issue of library closures to a solution that plucky kids can solve by having a yard sale. It's a cute book, as hers usually are, but highly disappointing in the simplistic handling of a sensitive issue.
