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 Library Lion - Michelle Knudsen
 Library Lion - Michelle Knudsen ... knows what to do: there are no rules about lions in the library. But soon he's indispensable - "What a helpful lion," people say. "How did we ever get along without him?" But one day the head librarian falls and breaks her arm, and the only way the lion can get help is to roar. And that is breaking the rules. The next day the lion doesn't come to the library, nor the next day, nor the day after that...until Mr McBee finds him and tells him that sometimes there is a very good reason to break the rules - even in the library!Newest Review: ... in the library. The lion has been told what the rules are and as a good lion he normally sticks to them. One day though, Miss ... more ... Merriweather has an accident at work and the lion roars trying to attract Mr McBee's attention to get help for her. Mr McBee tells him off and he disappears. Staff and children at the library are really sad not having him around, and Mr McBee has to go and find him and explain to him that the library has a new rule - "No roaring allowed, unless you have a very good reason" (such as helping a hurt friend). All ends happily. I think it's a lovely story.
I quite like the story's message as well, which is tha...more |
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Library Lion - Michelle Knudsen: If you go down to pick books today (603 words)
by - written on 08/07/09 (Very useful, 8 readings)
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This quirky children's picture book, with words by Michelle Knudsen and pictures by Kevin Hawkes, is a delightful story about a very keen library user. A lion walks into the library one day, stays for the children's story session and starts to return every day. He becomes a volunteer helping out Miss Merriweather, the head librarian, and the lovely illustrations show him dusting the library books with his tail and letting small children stand on his back to reach high shelves and snuggle up to him to listen to stories. This is quite an old fashioned library though and it has rules, which include being quiet, no running and no roaring allowed. Mr ... Read the complete review
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