The Library
Author(s): Sarah Stewart
Meet an unforgettable bibliophile
Elizabeth Brown doesn't like to play with dolls and she doesnt like to skate. What she does like to do is read books. Lots of books. The only problem is that her library has gotten so big she can't even use her front door anymore. What should Elizabeth Brown do? Start her own public library, of course! With charming verse and watercolors Sarah Stewart and David Small celebrate one of America's oldest and finest institutions.
The Library is a 1995 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and Outstanding Book of the Year.
Review(s):
“Reading has never looked quite so delicious.” —Booklist
“A story told in witty rhyme, about a bookish Elizabeth Brown, who . . . takes her greatest pleasures in life from her literary treats . . . This is a funny, heartwarming story about a quirky woman with a not-so-peculiar obsession. Cheers for Elizabeth Brown, a true patron of the arts.” —School Library Journal
“The author and illustrator have created [a] strong, independent, iconoclastic heroine . . . The illustrations of glorious piles of more and more books and of happy, red-headed Elizabeth Brown and a friend reading by the fire . . . depict the acme of utter bliss for bibliomaniacs.” —The Horn Book
“A joy to look at.” —The New York Times Book Review
Long-listed IRA Teachers' Choices, Long-listed Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year, New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Books of the Year, New York Times Outstanding Books of the Year, New York Times Outstanding Books of the Year (1995), Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books of the Year, Long-listed NYTBR Notable Children's BOTY (1995), Long-listed NYT Outstanding Books of the Year (1995), New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Books of the Year (1995)
ISBN: 9780374343880