Lola Loves Stories

Author/illustrator team Anna McQuinn and Rosalind Beardshaw return in this, their second charming picture-book about a little girl named Lola (Lulu in the original British editions), and her love of books and stories. In Lola at the Library, our toddler heroine accompanied her mother on a weekly Tuesday visit to the library. Here, in Lola Loves Stories, she accompanies her father to the library on Saturday (lucky little girl, to get two library visits per week!), and imagines herself into every story read to her, becoming everything from a fairy princess to a farmer.

Children who love story-hour, and like to play make-believe, will recognize themselves in Lola, and enjoy her many flights of fancy. The father-daughter bond is beautifully show more evoked here, just as the mother-daughter bond was in the first book. The accompanying acrylic illustrations are colorful and cute, perfectly suited to the simple narrative. All in all, a worthy sequel, and one that has left me anticipating Lola's next adventure! The question is, when will Lulu/Lola Reads to Zaki be coming out, here in the US...? show less

My kid liked the first Lola book a lot so no surprise that this one is a hit. A lot of trips are taken to Paris and Lagos around our house now. I just wish Lola's mommy was the one helping her build and the language around it was slightly less disempowering. But that's literally just one page.

This book tells the story of Lola, who loves different stories. After a trip to the library, she acts out her bedtime story the next day. I love how this encourages the imagination of children and that it doesn't matter where you are, you can let your imagination shine through.

I like the book, Lola Loves Stories, because it is written well with a message, but simple enough where a young, beginning could read it. I like how this story incorporates family as an important aspect in the child’s life. The big message that I took from the story is that reading a variety of stories with your family allows children to use their imagination to bring the stories to life. I really like the illustrations because they draw my attention with their many vibrant colors. I like how in one of the illustrations the author drew remnants of words on the page Lola was reading with her father. It gives the illusion that they are really reading a story; however, it still leaves room for the reader to imagine what the story is show more about. I think it is interesting how the family is depicted as an African American family in the illustrations, but the author makes no mention to it in the written text. I enjoy this because it creates multicultural diversity without having to spell it out to the reader. I enjoy that the author phrases questions to get the reader’s mind thinking before turning the page to see what happens. show less

I received this ebook from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I have always enjoyed the Lola series of books and enjoy that they are bringing the series to younger readers in board book form. Lola goes to the library with her daddy and checks out lots of books. Over the week Lola uses her imagination to pretend to do some of the things that they read about. An adorable story introducing Lola!

I absolutely love this book! The diversity in this story is refreshing, Lola had friends of many different races. I also love sexism is completely destroyed. Lola is portrayed as a builder, monster, farmer, parent, a pilot and a fairy. I also noticed how Lola’s friend Ben had a baby doll.

Translation of "Lola Loves Stories." I love this series about an adorable girl named Lola (or Lulu, as she was originally called in the UK). The books seem to work really well across cultures and even languages. In this one, Lola reads a story every night with her daddy, and then acts it out the next day. The text is simple, and the pictures tell a lot of the story. I love that one of the scenes is a call-back to "Lola at the Library," which is another one of my favorties in the series.