One of my very,very favorite picture books. A book that speaks to me as much with the pictures as it does with the text. This story of a lonely lion's adoration for his local library will mirror many people's own great fondness for the libraries and books they grew up with. Told with lots of heart and gentle humor, this tale of a big, cuddly feline and the staff and patrons who adopt him is made more memorable with fabulous illustrations by Kevin Hawkes. The combination move this book into the realms of such classics as Peter Rabbit or Winnie the Pooh. Books you simply can't imagine looking any other way. Playful, evocative and filled with a sweet beauty, this book conveys, as Kevin himself says, all the comfort one feels surrounded by your old friends on the bookshelves.
This blog is meant to be a help to people in choosing children's books. It seems to me that in the world of adult books there no end of opportunities for recommendations. Author appearances on radio and TV talk shows, friends and colleagues, articles in magazines and newspapers as well as your own ability to tell a person helping you in a bookstore what other books you've enjoyed. Buying books for children is a whole different thing. Most people are overwhelmed by the number and variety of books available in a children's section of the bookstore. And truthfully it's a lot like the adult section...there's a fair amount of stuff in there thats not very good. In addition to myself I will be asking my follow staff members at both stores, also fellow children's book lovers to write about their favorites. What I hope to do here is wade through the many,many books released every quarter of every year and hopefully point out a few that in my opinion deserve to be given a home on your bookshelf and a place in your heart.
I have been a book store employee for
20 some odd years,
and am now the children book buyer for theBooks Etc's Store in Falmouth and Portland, Maine.
Childrens books are probably the area I am most familiar with and most comfortable making recommendations for.
I do however appear once a month on our local NBC affiliate wcsh6.com and recommend books on different topics for their evening show 207. In addition I review audio books for the magazine Audiofile for which I mainly do young adult titles, but some adult fiction and non-fiction as well.
One of my very,very favorite picture books. A book that speaks to me as much with the pictures as it does with the text. This story of a lonely lion's adoration for his local library will mirror many people's own great fondness for the libraries and books they grew up with. Told with lots of heart and gentle humor, this tale of a big, cuddly feline and the staff and patrons who adopt him is made more memorable with fabulous illustrations by Kevin Hawkes. The combination move this book into the realms of such classics as Peter Rabbit or Winnie the Pooh. Books you simply can't imagine looking any other way. Playful, evocative and filled with a sweet beauty, this book conveys, as Kevin himself says, all the comfort one feels surrounded by your old friends on the bookshelves. 
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