Published: New York: Scholastic, 2006
48 pages
Target Audience: K-2
Reading level: 2.3
Genre: Picture Book
Themes: Cooperation and Teamwork, Courage and Honor, Library
Synopsis: Miss Merriweather, the head librarian, is very particular about rules in the library. No running allowed. And you must be quiet. But when a lion comes to the library one day, no one is sure what to do. There aren't any rules about lions in the library. And, as it turns out, this lion seems very well suited to library visiting. His big feet are quiet on the library floor. He makes a comfy backrest for the children at story hour. And he never roars in the library, at least not anymore. But when something terrible happens, the lion quickly comes to the rescue in the only way he knows how.
CHARACTER: ****
PLOT: ***
THEME: ****
LANGUAGE: ****
OVERALL RATING: ****
This story grabs the audience from the first sentence, "One day, a lion came to the library." The lion makes himself useful and learns about the rules in the lirbrary. Children will easily see themselves in the wild lion, which yearns to explore and enjoy the library but worries about the constraining rules.
About the author: Michelle Knudsen
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