Tiny Goes to the Library

Viking Easy-to-Read

by Cari Meister, Rich Davis (Illustrator)

Tiny likes to go places with his best friend. But when they go to the library, Tiny has to wait outside. Soon it's time to bring the books home. Tiny is a very big help! Not since Clifford has a big dog been so appealing!

Genres: Picture Books, 1st Grade, Dogs, Childrens, Animals, Storytime, Books About Books

32 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2000

About the author

Cari Meister lives on a small farm in Minnesota with her husband, four sons, three horses, one dog and one cat. Cari enjoys running, snowshoeing, horseback riding, and yoga. She loves to visit libraries and schools!

Reviews

[Judy Carey Nevin]

This one is the dedicated to me! "To Judy, the best editor in the world." Couldn't ask for a nicer tribute from an author. :-)

[Anthony · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tiny and his best friend go the library. Tiny waits outside while his best friend chooses books for them to read and enjoy. There are so many books that it takes help from Tiny to get them all home.

[TJE · Rating 3 out of 5]

Solid option for a low level book (0.5) with cute characters and relationship btwn boy and dog. Text isn't as friendly as it could be for beginning readers (small font) and illustrations aren't super vivid. T enjoyed and wanted to read more from this series but wasn't a huge hit.

[Carrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Maggie loves to be able to read to herself!

[Wilson Denton · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the first library book that I ever read and I think reading is very very very very good and fun!!!

[Cara · Rating 3 out of 5]

The boy goes to the library with Tiny, but Tiny can't go in. He ends up getting so many books that his wagon is too heavy to pull it back home. Good thing he has a big dog to help him out.

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

cute.

[Hannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

F & P level D

[Diane · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beginning reader book about going to the library to get a wagon full of adventure.

[Sandy · Rating 3 out of 5]

As I've discussed, my son, who is 6 years old, is a reluctant reader. He doesn't love it. He melts down over how long books are. Yet he's doing a great job at actually reading.

Tiny Goes to the Library wasn't a book that he was excited about reading. They can't all be books that we're excited about, right? At least at this stage the books are all short and easy to read. He's doing really well. I didn't notice as much repetition in phonetic sounds or specific words in this book as I have with some other early readers. He did get to read "Tiny" and "library" over and over. So those were two words that he gained some familiarity with.

In the end, I think Tiny Goes to the Library gets 3 Stars. It wasn't bad, but I wasn't blown away by the story or the vocabulary building/phonetic skills. This was just an okay addition to our early reader library. Have you read Tiny Goes to the Library? What did you think? Let me know!

[Jet Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tiny is a dog, but unlike his name, he is HUGE. Though the stories do not feature many characters, mainly Tiny and his owner, a young boy, the stories are simple and engaging. In "Tiny Goes to the Library", Tiny the dog wishes to go to the library with his owner. Unfortunately, there's a "No Dogs" policy at the library. The pair then figure out a creative way for Tiny to share in the library experience. This story is vividly illustrated in full color which will capture the eye of young children, especially kids who are mainly visual learners. The sentences are simple in structure and repetitive. Also the visual clues provided within the illustrations enable children to figure out words by themselves. The elements are familiar sight words which lean towards early readers and keeps them interested. This is a book I've read to my youngest sister who was learning how to read , she used to ask me to read it all the time. However, I feel it really made her want to keep reading books and made it fun for her.

[Marcy Morgan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tiny Goes to the Library
Written by Carl Meister
Illustrated by Rich Davis
2000 the Penguin Group
ISBN: 067088568
Genre: Easy Reader
Level: Pre-K-1

Tiny is a great best friend and he can go almost anywhere...but the library. Tiny must wait outside while his friend finds a load of books...too many books! But what will happen when the wagon full of books is to heavy to pull?

[Vivian · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Tiny", like Clifford, is an oversize "best pal" dog who goes everywhere the boy narrator goes -- even to the library. But Tiny must wait outside while the boy collects a wagon load of books for Tiny to pull home.

[Kendall · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love this book...a dog, a library...what more could you want? As a librarian, I embrace all books about libraries, but this one is so cute! Our kids have loved it for years.

[Callie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Tiny! He is big and funny!

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not a huge fan of this particular huge dog, but the text is straightforward enough for my Kindergartener son to read most of it.

[Robin · Rating 1 out of 5]

book was way too short for my 3 year old.

[Marilyn · Rating 1 out of 5]

Alissa's reading more and more.

[Yasuko · Rating 2 out of 5]

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[Carrie · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 year old says "it was kinda fun"

[Diana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute little book. Not much to it, but that works for those new readers.