Library Lion
Author: Michelle Knudsen
Illustrator: Kevin Hawkes
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8
Library Lion is a terrific story about a lion that happens to walk into a library one day. At first, no one is too happy about this (except the kids, of course:) Yet, in time, the lion becomes a beloved member of the library family. When rules are broken, and he sadly leaves, we all learn that sometimes, just sometimes, rules are meant to be broken – even in a library. ☺
Awards: A Junior Library Guild Selection; School Library Journal’s Best Books of 2006; Amazon.com’s #1 pick for their list of the Best Picture Books of 2006; Nick Jr. Family Magazine’s Best Books of 2006 (“Most Droll”); Publishers Weekly Cuffie Award; Oppenheim Toy Portfolio 2007 Platinum Award; 2006 Wilde Picture Book Award; Child Magazine’s Best Children’s Books of 2006; Winter 2006-2007 Book Sense Children’s Picks List; 2007 Book Sense Book of the Year Children’s Illustrated Honor Book; Irma S. and James H. Black Honor Book for 2006; 2007 Time of Wonder Award winner; The New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association 2007 Picture Book of the Year; TIME Magazine 100 Best Children’s Books of All Time Selection; ABC Best Books for Children
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