What Would You Do in a Library?

Library Resources

by Susan Holt Kralovansky

Help young students leap into learning! The Library Resources series is an easy way to introduce younger readers to all the amazing resources offered at their local library. With simple text and engaging photos, this book educates early learners about the tools they can use to find the information they want. Whether for school or fun, this title helps kids get the most out of their library experience. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Genres: Nonfiction

32 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Rose Rosetree · Rating 5 out of 5]

Readers may be too inexperienced to tell, but the excellent content of this book is marred by surprisingly bad writing.

Starting with the title, for instance.
What would you do? Huh! Alternatives might be:

* What CAN you do in a library?
* What do kids like to do in a library?
* All about what you can do in a library.

Anyway, there are relatively few words, making it easier to ignore the writer's tin ear.

I do applaud that readers learn about NONFICTION books as well as FICTION books.

ANOTHER DRAWBACK TO THIS BOOK IS THE PHOTOGRAPHY

Never before have I seen child models give such forced smiles. You'd think they were posing for early model daguerrotypes!

Still, I'll rate this book with FIVE STARS. At least the kids photographed here aren't visibly bleeding. And the info conveyed here is not unimportant.

[Suzanne · Rating 2 out of 5]

Basic introduction for primary grades.

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reviewed for Library Media Connection