Is this you? Is this your house? | The Library

LOVE IT! | The Library | Sarah Stewart

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	• The Library Sarah Stewart Square Fish, 2008 - 40 pages average customer review:based on 21 reviews view larger image
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Charming!

Say what you like, this book is refreshing and a joy to read to my child. She adores Elizabeth who adores her books! Reading is a very important part of a child's development. I for one am glad that all my child wants to do is read and go to the library and the book store. She's certainly more well-rounded than Elizabeth, but taking the character of Elizabeth to the extreme is what makes her amusing. As a child, I looked forward to summer vacation, not to get away from school, but to be able to read all day under the tree in our backyard. I had plenty of friends, but have continued my love affair with books, and am enjoying passing on my obsession to my children.

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Is this you? Is this your house?

When I first saw the cover of "The Library," I had to have this book. My 87-year-old mother, still a voracious reader, tells stories of walking home from school, two miles each way, with a book in front of her face. Her sister and brothers had long left her behind, while she wended her way home, reading in progress. This picture makes me think of my mother and books.

What is it in those books to keep one pulled in, pinned in? At any rate, "The Library" is a paean to readers everywhere. Readers read. Elizabeth Brown is our stereotype, our archetype.

Each illustration shows another facet of the "stereotypical" reader. Early on, Elizabeth eschews toys for books, she reads uncover at night, she is bored by anything but reading. After completing school, she buys a house and becomes a tutor. Always reading.

Finally, she becomes so book-rich, there is no room left in her house. She donates it to the town along with the books for a Free Library. She moves in with a reading friend (who else?) to continue reading.

This is a lovely book, yes, but I have a problem with it. I'm a reader, a retired English teacher who pushed reading, a librarian who pushes a variety of books, yet I have a problem with Elizabeth Brown who reads her entire life. Yes, wow, the joy of reading and all it brings, but the joy of life outside a book and all it brings remains closed to Elizabeth Brown. The book saddens me a little, despite its beauty and nostalgia.

And, yes, my mother knows how to close a book and enjoy the life outside!

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LOVE IT!

What a GREAT book! Just simply a great book. Short, simple read. Good for all ages. My daughter has loved it since she was 4 y.o.

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Refreshing!

I think it is refershing to see a book about a woman who reads about "goddesses" and decides to buy a house on her own. It is also wonderful to see that she finds a woman with whom to spend her life.
It warmed my heart to read this particular passage. I have known many women who choose to live with other women and it is nice to have this depicted in a book for children.

Elizabeth Brown doesn?t like to play with dolls, and she doesn?t like to skate. What she does like to do is read books. Lots of them, all the time. Over the years, her collection has grown to such enormous proportions that there?s not even room in Elizabeth?s house for Elizabeth. The way she solves the problem will warm the hearts of book lovers, young and old.

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