Book! Book! Book!

The book Book! Book! Book! By Deborah Bruss is illustrated by Tiphanie Beeke.  It is geared toward primary elementary school students, ranging form kindergarten to third grade.  I would rate this book 4 out of 5 stars. 

            This book is about animals who get bored on the farm and look for something fun to do.  Once they see the happy faces of the people in the public library, they decide this is where they should visit.  All the animals in turn ask the library for a task to complete and the librarian cannot understand what the animals are asking for since their questions sound like “neigh”, “moo”, “baaah”, and “oink”.  It is not until the rooster comes in and says “book! book!”, much like boock, boock, that the librarian understands what the animals have been asking for.  She gives the rooster books to read and the animals return to the farm with the excitement about reading books. 

            When introducing the idea of visiting the public library, or even the school library, this would be a good book to incorporate.  Since it is humorous and grabs the children’s attention without being too demanding, it will allow children to slowly and in a stress-free way.  This book also covers all the sounds that animals make, which some urban students may never have heard first hand, so even audio of the animals can be played. This book increases interest in literacy as well as the idea that anyone can be interested in books.