León de Biblioteca - by Michelle Knudsen (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

"A reminder that sometimes, there is a good reason to break the rules. . . .This winsome pairing of text and illustration is a natural for storytime." -- School Library Journal (starred review)

Miss Merriweather, la jefa de la biblioteca, es muy particular sobre las reglas que deben seguirse en la biblioteca. No se permite correr. Y hay que estar muy callado. Pero cuando un león visita la biblioteca un día, nadie sabe qué hacer. No hay reglas para leones en una biblioteca. Y resulta que este león sabe portarse muy bien cuando visita una biblioteca. Mantiene sus grandes pies quietos en el suelo de la biblioteca. Sirve de cómoda almohada para los niños durante la hora de cuentos. Y nunca ruge dentro de la biblioteca, al menos ya no. Pero cuando algo terrible ocurre, el león viene al rescate de la única forma que él sabe. Esta encantadora historia de Michelle Knudsen, ilustrada por el incomparable Kevin Hawkes con dibujos clásicos y expresivos, conquistará hasta al más ferviente guardián de las reglas.

Miss Merriweather, the head librarian, is very particular about rules in the library. No running allowed. And you must be quiet. But when a lion comes to the library one day, no one is sure what to do. There aren't any rules about lions in the library. And, as it turns out, this lion seems very well suited to library visiting. His big feet are quiet on the library floor. He makes a comfy backrest for the children at story hour. And he never roars in the library, at least not anymore. But when something terrible happens, the lion quickly comes to the rescue in the only way he knows how. Michelle Knudsen's disarming story, illustrated by the matchless Kevin Hawkes in an expressive timeless style, will win over even the most ardent of rule keepers.

About the Author

Kevin Hawkes is the illustrator of more than forty books for children, including The Three Mouths of Little Tom Drum by Nancy Willard; Weslandia and Sidewalk Circus by Paul Fleischman; and Handel, Who Knew What He Liked and Me, All Alone, at the End of the World by M. T. Anderson. Kevin Hawkes lives in southern Maine.