This year I am going to read a picture book a day and then write about it here. Hopefully, by the end of the year, I will have a list of some really great children's books. The first book is this blogs namesake: The Library Dragon by Carmen Agra Deedy and illustrated by Michael P. White.
Miss Lotta Scales is the new school librarian at Sunrise Elementary. She replaces all the old, yucky books with new ones. The problem is she doesn't want the children to mess up her pretty, new books. So, she works to protect these books from the kids in the school forgetting that, "the Library belongs to the children." That is until one girl finds a way to remind Miss Lotta Scales that children belong in the library.
This is a witty story full of medieval play on words. The illustrations enhance the story filling in all the extra details. I loved this book because of the story line, the dragon, and the illustrations. I have worked as a teacher and now work at a public library. The desire to keep all the pretty, new books looking pretty is hard to balance with the excitement of sharing a cool, new story with a young person.
So, this blog is dedicated to all those Library Dragons out there. It's time to share the books.
Favorite Line: But then, every librarian needs to be a little bit of a dragon - or else, who would guard the books?
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