The Library (1995)

This is a cute story about Elizabeth Brown who loves books and to read so much that her house is overflowing with books and she cannot even fit one more. She decides to open a public library. This would be a good book to introduce children to the classroom library and how to use it. How to file books and how to find certain books. ( )

I love to read to kids, particularly my own, but I also love the opportunity to read to the kids that come into the library. I try (with varying success in the middle of drama rehearsals, karate classes, piano lessons, etc) to read to my kids every night. It doesn’t matter that they are 11 and 16 and perfectly able to read by themselves, there is something about sharing a story aloud and sharing it as a family. Sometimes it’s a picture book, sometimes a classic, sometimes a new juvenile or young adult chapter book that has appeared on the library shelves, but we all enjoy the time in the evening, curled up on the couch, sharing a story.

Children’s books are no less engrossing than those written for adults. Whether they are teaching a moral lesson, taking you on an adventure, or just plain silly, these books really can be enjoyed by people of any age, and are always best when they are shared.

I have a special affinity for picture books. I can get lost in the illustrations which can add so much to a story, taking you to different times and places, making you laugh, or just awing you with the works of art contained within the pages of a children’s book. As a self-admitted bibliophile, what could be better than picture books about books? Below are some of my favorites. No matter your age, if you love books, they are worth a look, and the illustrations alone make them worth owning.

Elizabeth Brown loves books, spends all her time with books, and is always reading.

“Elizabeth Brown
Preferred a book
To going on a date.
While friends went out
And danced till dawn,
She stayed up reading late.”

Following Elizabeth from her birth through her old age this beautifully illustrated book tells the story of a true bibliophile. When her house is so full of books that there is no longer room for her, Elizabeth donates her collection to the town to create a public library and spends her old age walking to the library each day with her friend, still enjoying her books while others do as well. ( )

This Stewart book is a story about Elizabeth Brown, a girl who falls from the sky and enjoys book. This is based on the true life of a friend of Stewart's, Mary Elizabeth Brown. The story has a small rhyme scheme making it an easy book to real aloud. It tells about a girl who loves reading and can never set a book down. I would recommend this book for an author study as well as to get children excited about reading. ( )

The Library is the witty story of Elizabeth Brown. Elizabeth LOVES to read! She owns so many books she reads every place she goes. She has so many books her bed even breaks! Then, Elizabeth starts the practice of issusing "library cards" out to her friends and lending books to them. She fills her house with books, and is always on the hunt for another one to add to her collection. Eventually, she collects too many books and has to think of something to do with them all. Thats when Elizabeth thinks of something clever to do with her books, something you will just have to read to find out.

Details: This book was written to interest children in kindergarten and is on a 4.5 reading level. ( )

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I love this book! All Elizabeth Brown does is read, and read, and read. She acquires so many books that she decides to donate them to the town for a free library. Wonderful! ( )

I've used this book when presenting my love of books to school children. The piles and drifts are a lot like mine. I love this character and the author. Thank you Sarah! ( )

Sweet book about a born book reader and collector. I liked the fact that, having gotten lost on a trip, she buys a house and settles down to earn her living by tutoring. And that the book is dedicated to the real Elizabeth Brown. ( )

Elizabeth Brown loves books. She loves them to the exclusion of anything else. Using short, rhyming sentences, Stewart tells a charming story of a bibliophile who collects so many books, she can't live in her house anymore. The illustrations are quiet and beautifully detailed. Really charming story, particularly for children who love to read books and are looking for a kindred spirit. ( )

This is the story of Elizabeth Brown who passionately reads and collects books until she can't fit one more in her home and is compelled to share them with others through the creation of a public library. The illustrations are charming, perhaps more charming than the story, which doesn't quite reach far enough to say much beyond running out of room to store books. This reader waited for a larger development in the story. Ah well. ( )

A wonderful tribute to all we love about libraries ( )

Elizabeth Brown loves to read more than anything else, but when her collection of books grows and grows, she must make a change in her life. ( )

A fun book about a "born bibliophile." Cute illustrations. ( )

How reading can change your life and those of others ( )

Elizabeth Brown loves nothing more than to read books and goes about life doing just that. Elizabeth is a lovable character with her nose in a book after she drops out of the sky and is developed through both the story and the pictures. The plot is nothing too exciting but the rhythm of the words and the fun pictures that accompany the story keep the book moving. The setting is done completely through the pictures, but the places that Elizabeth lives are all wonderful. This is a great book for kids who like to read and librarians, it would be great for a public library for early elementary readers. ( )

This is an adorable book. Not only is it a joy to read but the illustrations are delightful too. It tells the wonderful tale of Elizabeth Brown who just loves to read and read and read. She keeps every one of her books until one day she realises that her house is full to overflowing. What does she do about this? Read the book to find out - you won't be disappointed, it's a real treasure. Adults and children alike will cherish this short story book. ( )

This is a good book telling a fictional life of Elizabeth Brown who never can get enough books until it becomes obvious that she can no longer fit one more book into her house and then she gives all her books away to the city and gives them her house and it becomes the public library. Illustrations appear to be done in pencil and watercolors. ( )

I absolutely love this book. It is fun for the kids and I love reading it. ( )

I think many of us LibraryThing-ers can relate to the dilemma of a person whose shelves are collapsing under the weight of a lifetime's accumulation of books. ( )

http://joyenglish.tistory.com/entry/The-Library-Sarah-Stewart-picture-book ( )

My sister-in-law gave me this for my 44th birthday this year. She picked this along with The Gardener because they both fit me to a tee and I love children's books, even if my children are all in their teens and won't sit for me to read to anymore. This is a lovely little book with interesting illustrations done by David Small. Written as a homage to a beloved librarian in the author's life. ( )

What to do with a lifetime of books ? Create a Library! Fun read; nice drawings. ( )

FROM LIBRARY CATALOG:
Elizabeth Brown loves to read more than anything else, but when her collection of books grows and grows, she must make a change in her life. ( )