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Le bon petit livre
Un jour, un garçon très contrarié entre dans une bibliothèque pour tenter de se calmer. Avec réticence, il s'empare d'un livre et se met à le lire. Le voilà absorbé par son histoire et emporté dans des contrées éloignées. Le bon petit livre devient alors le compagnon fidèle du petit garçon. Mais celui-ci le perd. Pourra-t-il retrouver son livre tant aimé? Une histoire des plus loufoques, mais surtout des plus astucieuses, que les enfants voudront lire encore et encore...
40 pages, Hardcover
First published August 11, 2015
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About the author
Kyo Maclear
38 books503 followersKyo Maclear is an essayist, novelist and children’s author. She was born in London, England and moved to Toronto at the age of four with her British father (a foreign correspondent and documentary filmmaker) and Japanese mother (a painter and art dealer).
Her books have been translated into eighteen languages, published in over twenty-five countries, and garnered nominations from the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction, the Governor General’s Literary Awards, the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Awards, the Amazon.ca First Novel Award, the National Magazine Awards, among other honours.
Unearthing: a Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets (2023) was a national bestseller and awarded the Governor General’s Literary Award for Nonfiction. Her hybrid memoir Birds Art Life (2017) was a #1 National Bestseller and winner of the Trillium Book Award and the Nautilus Book Award for Lyrical Prose. It was named one of the best books of 2017 by The Globe and Mail, CBC, Now Magazine, the National Post, Forbes, the Chicago Review of Books, and Book Riot.
Her work has appeared in Orion Magazine, Brick, Border Crossings, The Millions, LitHub, The Volta, Prefix Photo, Resilience, The Guardian, Lion’s Roar, Azure, The Globe and Mail, and elsewhere. She has been a national arts reviewer for Canadian Art and a monthly arts columnist for Toronto Life.
Kyo holds a doctorate in environmental humanities teaches creative writing with The Humber School for Writers and the University of Guelph Creative Writing MFA.
She lives in Tkaronto/Toronto, on the traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the New Credit, the Haudenosaunee, Métis, and the Huron-Wendat.
Her books have been translated into eighteen languages, published in over twenty-five countries, and garnered nominations from the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction, the Governor General’s Literary Awards, the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Awards, the Amazon.ca First Novel Award, the National Magazine Awards, among other honours.
Unearthing: a Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets (2023) was a national bestseller and awarded the Governor General’s Literary Award for Nonfiction. Her hybrid memoir Birds Art Life (2017) was a #1 National Bestseller and winner of the Trillium Book Award and the Nautilus Book Award for Lyrical Prose. It was named one of the best books of 2017 by The Globe and Mail, CBC, Now Magazine, the National Post, Forbes, the Chicago Review of Books, and Book Riot.
Her work has appeared in Orion Magazine, Brick, Border Crossings, The Millions, LitHub, The Volta, Prefix Photo, Resilience, The Guardian, Lion’s Roar, Azure, The Globe and Mail, and elsewhere. She has been a national arts reviewer for Canadian Art and a monthly arts columnist for Toronto Life.
Kyo holds a doctorate in environmental humanities teaches creative writing with The Humber School for Writers and the University of Guelph Creative Writing MFA.
She lives in Tkaronto/Toronto, on the traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the New Credit, the Haudenosaunee, Métis, and the Huron-Wendat.
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July 15, 2015
Children will like this book. Book lovers will CHERISH this book. A sentimental read for any book lover.
Did I just get misty eyed over a supposed CHILDREN'S book? Yes I did. Did I get that little ache in my chest? Yes I did. Every NG friend, I want you to go out and request this book NOW. It's short but you will have all the feels. If you're not a NG member, then keep this on your TBR list! The accompanying illustrations are whimsical and perfect for this book.
Remember...
The moment you first became a book lover.
How it changed you without you realizing it.
How you read it over and over.
How THAT book made you feel.
What happens when that book is lost? Tragedy yes...but also how it's the very opposite of tragedy.
I MUST BUY THIS BOOK.
My boys can't have it, but they may borrow it. It is MINE.
Thank you Random House of Canada/Tundra Books and Netgalley for a free digital copy in exchange for an honest review.
Did I just get misty eyed over a supposed CHILDREN'S book? Yes I did. Did I get that little ache in my chest? Yes I did. Every NG friend, I want you to go out and request this book NOW. It's short but you will have all the feels. If you're not a NG member, then keep this on your TBR list! The accompanying illustrations are whimsical and perfect for this book.
Remember...
The moment you first became a book lover.
How it changed you without you realizing it.
How you read it over and over.
How THAT book made you feel.
What happens when that book is lost? Tragedy yes...but also how it's the very opposite of tragedy.
I MUST BUY THIS BOOK.
My boys can't have it, but they may borrow it. It is MINE.
Thank you Random House of Canada/Tundra Books and Netgalley for a free digital copy in exchange for an honest review.
July 22, 2019
The Good Little Book says it all! The words and pictures depict and share in such a beautiful, clear, fun way why we love to read and how certain books find us in this world.
A boy, who often causes trouble and gets into trouble, is sent out of the room to “think things over”. In the study, after sighing and pouting a bit, he finds the good little book. It isn’t flashy or popular or even wearing a proper jacket, but the book pulls the boy in page by page.
“The book the boy thought couldn’t do anything did many things. It carried him to the deep sea and steered him towards a faraway land.
It dazzled him and stumped him and made him laugh and gasp. He read it through. Then he turned back to the beginning and read it again.”
The book and the boy are inseparable after that day. He brings it everywhere he goes, until the day he can’t find it. His book is gone! Missing! He searches high and low. And as the boy waits and hopes for it to turn up again, he tries other books and stories. Does the boy find his good little book? Does he move on to other stories? You're going to have to read to find out. :)
“You see, a good little book never completely goes away.”
That simple, little line says it all for me. It’s true! Some books never leave us. They stay in our hearts and minds like long lost friends—even when we can’t find them to hold or read again.
A beautiful read with pages crammed with color and animals and images that kept me reading and reading.
Recommended.
Why the 4 stars?
June 15, 2016
The Boy loves his Good Little Book SO MUCH. When it is lost, can he ever love another book as much?
April 21, 2017
Everyone who reads, should read this book about reading... Absolutely delightful.
March 25, 2016
Lots of dynamic going on between text and pictures. I kept pointing out the terrific book layout, design, and color that is beautiful and detailed, adding to the text in unique ways as a read aloud. Messages are layered with the joy of reading as a kid over and over, getting lost in a story, passing stories on to others, the culmination of literature in cultures, generosity, moving on in reading to other stories, etc. Great book.
August 13, 2015
A little boy has been sent to his home library to think about what he's done. As he sits in a chair he spies a book and as he begins to read he becomes lost in the adventures upon its pages. When he has finished the book he realizes hours have passed unnoticed and he decides to read it again and again. Soon the book goes everywhere with him and becomes his favorite but one day he loses it and searches high and low for it. Over time he learns to love other books as well but he always remembers the Good Little Book. When he finally sees it again in someone else's hands will he demand it back or let it go. Very beautiful story about the joy that reading can bring.
August 24, 2015
A fabulous tribute to the power of books. A young boy's introduction to the wonderful world of literature. Bibliophiles will easily identify with the magical grasp and passion books evoke from those of us who are fortunate enough to relish the printed world. Great gift and coffee table idea!
April 28, 2017
As a librarian and bibliophile, I can't help but give this book 5 stars. I can relate to what the little boy feels, and I love how the book blossoms as it is shared and read by many different people (and animals).
December 17, 2019
بطل القصة فتى صغير يعاقبه والداه بالجلوس داخل غرفة المكتب بسبب سلوكه المشاغب. لا تذكر القصة ما ذلك السلوك ولكننا نعرف أن البطل لا يجد في تلك الغرفة ما يجذب اهتمامه فيقرر استكشافها لتمضية الوقت فيختار كتابًا متواضع الهيئة اسمه "الكتاب الجيد الصغير" ويبدأ بقراءته متململاً.. ورويدًا رويدًا يملأ صمت القراءة المكان وينتشر في أرجاء الغرفة مغيبًا الفتى عن أي صخب آخر خارج عالم الكتاب الساحر. ومن دون أن يشعر، يعيد الفتى قراءة الكتاب من جديد وكلما وصل إلى نهايته مجددًا أعاد قراءته مرة أخرى .. وهكذا يتعلق قلب الفتى بالكتاب ولا يفارقه أبدًا على الرغم من أن سلوكه المشاغب لا يتغير ولا يتحول بفعل تأثيره الساحر إلى قارئ نهم شغوف بالقراءة. فالكتاب لا يفعل ذلك به.
يستمر ذلك الرابط بين الفتى والكتاب الجيد الصغير حتى يضيعه في يوم من الأيام ويفشل في العثور عليه رغم كل محاولاته. ومن باب تمضية الوقت يقرر الفتى قراءة كتب أخرى يقع في سحرها أيضًا كما حدث له مع الكتاب الجيد الصغير ولكنها لا ترقى إلى المكانة التي احتلها ذلك الكتاب فيستمر في البحث عنه. حتى يأتِ اليوم الذي يرى فيه الكتاب الجيد الصغير بيد فتاة أخرى. فماذا يا ترى يفعل بطل القصة؟ وما المصير الذي آلِ إليه الكتاب الجيد الصغير؟
الكتاب يستحق ألف جائزة وهو "في نظري" يتفوق على كتاب أوليفر جيفرز الأخير "طفل من الكتب" (a child of books) والذي حاز على العديد من الحوائز مؤخرًا.
أكثر ما شدني في الكتاب عدى عن الرسومات البديعة واللغة العذبة الساحرة هو حقيقة أن الكتاب الجيد الصغير لم يعدل سلوك البطل ولم يجعل منه قارئ نهم بشكل مباشر.. أعجبني هذا لأنه يثير التساؤلات عن الأسباب التي تجذبنا إلى الكتب وما يجعلها "جيدة" وهل يتوجب على الكتاب أن يكون يقدم قيمة "جيدة" بالمعنى التقليدي حتى يكون "جيدًا".. حين لا يفعل هذا الكتاب الأقدر على مخاطبة ذواتنا فمذا يكون تعريف الكتاب "الجيد" إذاً؟
القصة جديرة بالاقتناء والقراءة وتخلق جوًا بديعًا من النقاش بين الأطفال ومن يقرأ لهم (أو معهم) من الراشدين عن الأسباب التي تجعلنا نحب الكتب.
July 16, 2016
5 solid stars
What an enchanting "Little" book! A beautifully illustrated children's book that really celebrates that very special book that you find as a child and fall in love with. Do you remember the book that may not have been the first book you read by yourself as a child, but the one that changed your childhood? That is what this picture book celebrates. What nostalgia this picture book brought to me!
I remember the first book that touched my heart as a child and made me look at the world differently and made me understand that books really do stay with you long after you have read them a first time. That book for me was Charlotte's Web. That wonderful chapter book taught me that friends come to us in the most unlikely way. It also taught me that friends come in to our lives for a reason and at times, no matter how sad or heartbreaking, also depart our lives but leave an everlasting impression.
Wonderful illustrations that are colorful and engaging. A book that celebrated reading and how reading can encourage us to explore our imaginations and set us free when we need to escape. I recommend this to everyone of all ages!
What an enchanting "Little" book! A beautifully illustrated children's book that really celebrates that very special book that you find as a child and fall in love with. Do you remember the book that may not have been the first book you read by yourself as a child, but the one that changed your childhood? That is what this picture book celebrates. What nostalgia this picture book brought to me!
I remember the first book that touched my heart as a child and made me look at the world differently and made me understand that books really do stay with you long after you have read them a first time. That book for me was Charlotte's Web. That wonderful chapter book taught me that friends come to us in the most unlikely way. It also taught me that friends come in to our lives for a reason and at times, no matter how sad or heartbreaking, also depart our lives but leave an everlasting impression.
Wonderful illustrations that are colorful and engaging. A book that celebrated reading and how reading can encourage us to explore our imaginations and set us free when we need to escape. I recommend this to everyone of all ages!
July 5, 2015
This book will remind everyone of why the love to read. A plain covered book attracts the eye of a boy who is being punished. He is sent into the library to think, but he begins to explore and pulls the "Good Little book" off the shelf. He become enthralled. He reads it over and over. It piques his interest and he begins to read other books, but this one will always be his favourite. It was his first. The day he loses the book he is frantic. He imagines all sorts of things happening to the book, but what really happens is that others read it and love it too. He continues to read other books in its absence while always looking for it. When he sees a girl reading his book, his first instinct is to claim it as his own, but then he realizes that she should have the opportunity to read it too. Definitely a book lovers book. Wonderful illustrations will keep the attention of young readers and give you the chance to explain about the doors that open while reading.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
January 7, 2017
Avid readers can't help but enjoy this. I get it.
But that's not enough to make it a good book. It's not. It's too long, too pretentious, too pandering. It doesn't tell a story worth telling. The only bit where it got interesting was when the boy decided to let finder be keeper... but he could at least have tried to converse with the girl, maybe make friends with her... but no, readers live in and via books, I guess, and not in the real world....
But that's not enough to make it a good book. It's not. It's too long, too pretentious, too pandering. It doesn't tell a story worth telling. The only bit where it got interesting was when the boy decided to let finder be keeper... but he could at least have tried to converse with the girl, maybe make friends with her... but no, readers live in and via books, I guess, and not in the real world....
September 13, 2015
Every bit as good as it claims, plus some.
This is quite possibly the best love story I've ever read; the sparrow is right, and so is the squirrel, and the raccoon? well, the raccoon is wrong.
I love this book. I probably won't carry it around like the boy, but you can bet I'd be just as sad if I lost it.
This is quite possibly the best love story I've ever read; the sparrow is right, and so is the squirrel, and the raccoon? well, the raccoon is wrong.
I love this book. I probably won't carry it around like the boy, but you can bet I'd be just as sad if I lost it.
August 29, 2015
A super cute and totally true book about how books can be life changing and amazing!
August 25, 2015
Perfectly captures true #booklove & the notion that books must be shared! And oh my what gorgeous end pages
August 8, 2016
Well, this book made me a bit emotional. What a sweet story about the power of reading.
March 29, 2016
Books are amazing!
June 13, 2017
A sweet little story to encourage the love of reading and sharing the love with others.
September 20, 2018
4 1/2 stars. Most books about reading - that attempt to directly proselytize about the joy of it all - are either boring or cloyingly sentimental. This one manages to be neither and has fabulous,colorful, entertaining illustrations. Yes, a beloved book is lost, but neither the reader, nor the book are bathetic.
September 3, 2018
Great picture book about readers who LOVE to read.... and how we can literally fall into a story.
November 6, 2015
Having had the pleasure of recently reading Kyo Maclear's & Katty Maurey's The Specific Ocean, I couldn't wait to jump into another picture book written by Maclear.
I have read a number of picture books about books; ones that talk about love of reading and praise the power and memory of books. So how does The Good Little Book fare among other similarly themed picture books?
Very well, I think! While, on the face of it, it may seem like we have read this tale many times before: a young boy finds one seemingly not-so-special book that becomes his literary guiding light and alters his views on reading and books. But wait! The Good Little Book is just so much more than that message. It stands up and out from the pack due to two major things: Maclear's narrative and Marion Arbona's artwork.
Kyo Maclear has, I think, such an smooth and irresistible writing style in her picture books. Her narrative voice in The Good Little Book does not come across as heavy-handed or as trying too hard to impart a message. The Good Little Book reads like an adventure, a bedtime story, and fantasy all at once. Along with Maclear's text, Marion Arbona's illustrations are something to behold. Arbona's fantastical and vivid images and colours add a dimension of vivaciousness and weight to Maclear's words and so beautifully emphasize the reach and extraordinary scope of how books can impact our mind and world.
Overall, The Good Little Book is lovely to read and a wonder to the eye. Maclear has written another beautiful picture book, and Arbona's illustrations are dynamic and fresh. Arbona's illustrative work is new to me and now something I will have to follow!
I received this books as a digital galley from Random House of Canada Limited/Tundra Books via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
June 23, 2015
"One day a boy drifted into the study. This boy had just landed himself in trouble and been sent off to "think things over." Which he did for exactly twelve seconds. Then he began to explore."
After checking out the room and finding nothing but ancient, uninteresting stuff he went to the bookshelf and withdrew the good little book, that rested there without a proper jacket. He got so engrossed in the book that he was oblivious to his world around him. He got entirely lost in the adventures and possibilities that he was reading about.
As the seasons passed the good little book and he became very close comrades, inseparable really. This new found friend of his accompanied the boy everywhere he went and brought him great happiness.
"Until, one day, something terrible happened...The boy lost his favourite book."
The boy searched everyplace but alas the good little book was gone. The boy stressed over its possible demise and agonized over finding his friend once again. Will he finally discover where the good little book may be? He did discover that very few people have time for a lost book and could care a less how good or little it may be. Join the boy as he madly searches from pillar to post .... but to no avail, and then he has an epiphany regarding it.
"You see, a good little book never completely goes away."
The illustrations are detailed, quirky and bold. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and highly recommend it.
After checking out the room and finding nothing but ancient, uninteresting stuff he went to the bookshelf and withdrew the good little book, that rested there without a proper jacket. He got so engrossed in the book that he was oblivious to his world around him. He got entirely lost in the adventures and possibilities that he was reading about.
As the seasons passed the good little book and he became very close comrades, inseparable really. This new found friend of his accompanied the boy everywhere he went and brought him great happiness.
"Until, one day, something terrible happened...The boy lost his favourite book."
The boy searched everyplace but alas the good little book was gone. The boy stressed over its possible demise and agonized over finding his friend once again. Will he finally discover where the good little book may be? He did discover that very few people have time for a lost book and could care a less how good or little it may be. Join the boy as he madly searches from pillar to post .... but to no avail, and then he has an epiphany regarding it.
"You see, a good little book never completely goes away."
The illustrations are detailed, quirky and bold. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and highly recommend it.
August 20, 2015
SUMMARY: Once there was a good little book. It appeared ordinary next to the other books. Once there was a boy. One day he got sent to the study to "think things over." He explored and found the good little book which he promptly sat down to read..and read. He took the book everywhere with him and read it over and over again. But one day, he lost the book he looked everywhere and was devastated. Eventually, over time, he began to appreciate other stories. And the good little book ended up exactly in the right place.
ILLUSTRATIONS: The illustrations were created in gouache and pencil. They are lush with unique colors and show movement and emotion beautifully. There are also unique elements that children will enjoy looking at.
REVIEW: Although this is a pretty straight forward story line and it is similar to The Lonely Book by Kate Bernheimer, there are some very unique elements that make it so very enjoyable. I like that the boy in the story is older (maybe upper elementary to junior high age) and is at first resistant to reading a book. But once he sits down with this book, he simply can't stop reading. Then it is a stepping stone to reading other books. The ending is also very sweet.
AGE RECOMMENDATION: Ages 5-9
NOTE: I received a free copy of this book from LibraryThing and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. My reviews are always 100% honest based on preset criteria.
ILLUSTRATIONS: The illustrations were created in gouache and pencil. They are lush with unique colors and show movement and emotion beautifully. There are also unique elements that children will enjoy looking at.
REVIEW: Although this is a pretty straight forward story line and it is similar to The Lonely Book by Kate Bernheimer, there are some very unique elements that make it so very enjoyable. I like that the boy in the story is older (maybe upper elementary to junior high age) and is at first resistant to reading a book. But once he sits down with this book, he simply can't stop reading. Then it is a stepping stone to reading other books. The ending is also very sweet.
AGE RECOMMENDATION: Ages 5-9
NOTE: I received a free copy of this book from LibraryThing and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. My reviews are always 100% honest based on preset criteria.
December 1, 2015
Bibliophiles are likely to cherish this loving tribute to literacy, and it may bring to mind a book that they once cherished. A young boy banished to the study is bored and eventually pulls from the shelves a good little book. He becomes engrossed in its pages and takes it everywhere. When he loses it, he searches all over the place to no avail. At first it seems nothing can replace that book, but as he branches out, he finds that there are, indeed, other good books. I loved how he decides to let the book go when he sees someone else reading as well as the reminder that books always stay with us. The gouache and pencil illustrations are interesting and imaginative and made me smile, especially the one with the girl walking down the street with her nose in a book, oblivious to everything else around her. I also chuckled at the humorous visual send-ups of the award-winning books ["Called-a-Cat Medal" (unpaged)]. Teachers and parents will probably enjoy this one more than youngsters, but I still think it would be good to share it as a reminder of the impact books can have on us. Anyone posting on Goodreads certainly already knows this. Just look at all the good little books on here.
July 28, 2018
je suis le petit garçon
July 28, 2015
“Once there was a good little book,”—and while it wasn’t popular, and had no shiny medals or even “a proper jacket,” it still catches the eye of a little boy who had been sent off “’to think things over.’” He starts to read, and thus starts a relationship between boy and book until “something terrible happened. The boy lost his favorite book.” And although the boy searches everywhere and worries about its ability to survive (without a proper jacket), the good little book does just fine.
This simple story manages to avoid preachiness about the pleasures of reading by not having the boy instantly transformed (“It didn’t turn him into a bookish boy, or improve his naughty behavior” and by infusing a certain straight-faced silliness to it (“A sparrow thought in might be a romance. A raccoon thought it might be a sandwich.”) But it’s Marion Arbona’s trippy, fantastical illustrations that really set it apart, reminiscent as they are of the Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine.”
You’ll want this Good Little Book in your library.
This simple story manages to avoid preachiness about the pleasures of reading by not having the boy instantly transformed (“It didn’t turn him into a bookish boy, or improve his naughty behavior” and by infusing a certain straight-faced silliness to it (“A sparrow thought in might be a romance. A raccoon thought it might be a sandwich.”) But it’s Marion Arbona’s trippy, fantastical illustrations that really set it apart, reminiscent as they are of the Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine.”
You’ll want this Good Little Book in your library.
August 31, 2015
A great little book A story about a boy and a book he didn't think would matter to him.
Ever seen that moment in life when a "reluctant reader" finds that book. The one that just clicks. That finally makes them forget how hard reading is-because it is (See: Proust & the Squid); that becomes their almost constant companion; that opens the world of possibility and exploration that other Readers have been trying to tell them about. This is a book about that book. But what happens when that book is lost...?
Lyrically written and intricately illustrated, this book has a long and glorious future in many a library collection and bedside table. The joy of reading has never felt so uplifting. Also a subtle lesson in book care. Book jackets unite!
Ever seen that moment in life when a "reluctant reader" finds that book. The one that just clicks. That finally makes them forget how hard reading is-because it is (See: Proust & the Squid); that becomes their almost constant companion; that opens the world of possibility and exploration that other Readers have been trying to tell them about. This is a book about that book. But what happens when that book is lost...?
Lyrically written and intricately illustrated, this book has a long and glorious future in many a library collection and bedside table. The joy of reading has never felt so uplifting. Also a subtle lesson in book care. Book jackets unite!
October 23, 2016
"You see, a good little book never completely goes away."
Sentenced to think things over, a boy ends up in a room with nothing but books. To pass the time, he picks up a book and a relationship is born. "The book the boy thought couldn't do anything did many things. It carried him to the deep sea and steered him towards a faraway land. It dazzled him and stumped him and made him laugh and gasp." From that day forward, the book goes everywhere with the boy. Until one day he misplaces it. And though he searches everywhere, he can't find the book. "... the boy still felt the good little book had been written especially for him ... But slowly his heart began to open to other stories."
A celebration of the joy of finding a book that speaks to you completely and the impact it can have.
Sentenced to think things over, a boy ends up in a room with nothing but books. To pass the time, he picks up a book and a relationship is born. "The book the boy thought couldn't do anything did many things. It carried him to the deep sea and steered him towards a faraway land. It dazzled him and stumped him and made him laugh and gasp." From that day forward, the book goes everywhere with the boy. Until one day he misplaces it. And though he searches everywhere, he can't find the book. "... the boy still felt the good little book had been written especially for him ... But slowly his heart began to open to other stories."
A celebration of the joy of finding a book that speaks to you completely and the impact it can have.
November 4, 2015
Charming. Thoughtful. Librarians probably love it.
And once again, most likely a book for adults, rather than a children's book for children. But it made me nearly cry, so I'm going to accept it anyway. Kids might identify with the kid who gets into trouble, or the love of a deeply cherished book in your childhood, but it doesn't scream THIS IS A BOOK FOR CHILDREN like Percy Jackson or Captain Underpants or Pete the Cat do.
The illustrations are cute, not quite original but lovely and detailed. The story is one that will speak to every reader, whether they are like the boy and often need to "think things over" or whether they're more bookish.
And once again, most likely a book for adults, rather than a children's book for children. But it made me nearly cry, so I'm going to accept it anyway. Kids might identify with the kid who gets into trouble, or the love of a deeply cherished book in your childhood, but it doesn't scream THIS IS A BOOK FOR CHILDREN like Percy Jackson or Captain Underpants or Pete the Cat do.
The illustrations are cute, not quite original but lovely and detailed. The story is one that will speak to every reader, whether they are like the boy and often need to "think things over" or whether they're more bookish.
January 10, 2016
A naughty boy who is sent into a boring room to think things over, discovers a good little book. He read it over and over throughout the winter and most of the spring. And then he lost it. He worried about it and put LOST posters all over the city. He searched in all the places that a book might go. He looked for it all summer. And then in the fall, he noticed a girl walking down the street holding the good little book. He thought about calling out to her, but decided to let her go. The stories inside the good little book stayed with the boy forever, and now it was moving on to the next reader. All was just as it should be.
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