Book: I Know a Librarian Who Chewed on a Word

Author: Laurie Knowlton

Illustrator: Herb Leonhard

ISBN: 978-1589808928

Pages/Price: 32/$16.99

Category: Juvenile Fiction

About I Know a Librarian Who Chewed on a Word

It’s been said that librarians take their love of books to the extreme. In this story, Miss Devine, a bun-wearing bibliophile, has a passion for literacy that reaches new heights. She has actually chewed on a word, claims one small witness to this outrageous event. And as the children gossip in a suspenseful build up, dying to know which word set off this smorgasbord, we discover that Miss Devine has munched her way through the whole library. In the manner of “There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly,” she has downed a book shelf, table, chair, cart, and a copy of Peter Pan trying to chase down this savory assemblage of letters. What is that word?

Our Thoughts on I Know a Librarian Who Chewed on a Word

I thought I would like this book better. My daughters and I are very familiar with "’There was an old lady who swallowed a fly, but I don’t know why she swallowed a fly…” We really enjoy the rhymes. But we weren’t so excited about this book. It’s a cute book, but I just didn’t love it. And neither did my daughters. My 6-year old was turning the pages faster than I could read them, but it wasn’t because she was excited about the book; she was trying to get it over with and move on to the next one.

The illustrations are fun, and a bit exaggerated, which we all liked.

I give this book 3 stars out of 5. I wish I liked it better.

About the Author of I Know a Librarian Who Chewed on a Word, Laurie Knowlton

Laurie Lazzaro Knowlton has authored more than thirty-five books. Her best-selling children’s book Why Cowboys Sleep with Their Boots On won the Premier Print Award from Eastman Kodak. Art from another one of her picture books, Red, White, and Blue, has been displayed by the Robert L. and Posy Huebner Collection and was highlighted on Martha Stewart’s radio station. An international speaker, Knowlton loves kicking back on her ranch, Roots ’n Wings.

About the Illustrator of I Know a Librarian Who Chewed on a Word, Herb Leonhard

Herb Leonhard received a bachelor of fine arts in illustration from the Pacific Northwest College of Art. His award-winning work has appeared in D Magazine, among other publications. He is also the illustrator of Pelican’s Way Out West on My Little Pony, St. Patrick and the Three Brave Mice, A Southern Child’s Garden of Verses, Leonardo’s Monster, and I Know a Librarian Who Chewed on a Word. Leonhard lives in Prosser, Washington.

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