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Book Summary:
This is the story of the relationship between a school aged
girl and her librarian, Miss Brooks.
Miss Brooks is a passionate lover of books and does everything
imaginable to share that love with her students. She dresses up, she acts out the stories, she
shares the classics, and more. However,
no matter what she does, the young girl cannot seem to find a story she likes,
although Miss Brooks continues to encourage here that one day she will love a
book the way she does. Finally, after
many attempts, the girl is able to find love for a book through warts. She is able to connect with Sherk and finally learns to find a place
in the library, and a book she loves.
APA Reference of
Book:
Bottner, B. (2010). Miss
Brooks loves books! (and I don’t). New York, NY. Random
House Inc.
Impressions:
This was a new book for me but will soon become one that I
use often. There are so many students
who dislike or are fearful of reading.
The young girl in this story is one that those kids can relate to. It would be an enjoyable book for anyone, but
it is a wonderful story to encourage resistant readers to keep trying to find
something that they love. The story is
humorous and the illustrations are wonderful done. Overall, this is a fabulous book for any
librarian or teacher to share with their learners.
Professional Review:
PreS-Gr 2- All
children need a librarian like Miss Brooks. Her love for reading flows from
every fiber of her lanky, quirky self. When not happily immersed in one of the
colorful choices from the mountains of books surrounding her, she is dressed as
Babar, a Chinese dragon, or a groundhog-her puppet-clad arm popping through a
hole on the page. She shares stories with a diverse group of young people, and
all are captivated-except for one. This first-grade narrator believes Miss
Brooks is a little too enthusiastic-to the point of being "vexing."
During Book Week's student presentations, the overall-clad girl with large,
round spectacles and a woolen beanie finds the other kids' books "too
flowery. Too furry. Too clickety. Too yippity." When her mother observes
that she is as "stubborn as a wart," interest is aroused, Shrek
is discovered in the pile supplied by the librarian, and the transformation
begins. An ogre costume and stick-on warts for the whole class complete the
conversion to bibliophile. Children will delight in Emberley's spirited
watercolor and ink renderings of literary favorites from The Very Hungry Caterpillar to a Wild
Thing. Bottner's deadpan humor and delicious prose combine with Emberley's
droll caricatures to create a story sure to please those who celebrate
books-and one that may give pause to those who don't (or who work with the
latter).-Wendy Lukehart, Washington DC Public Library
Source: Lukehart, W. (2010). Miss Brooks loves books! (and I don’t).
School Library Journal. 76.
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Library Uses:
This is the kind of story that I think would be excellent
for use in the first few weeks with your students as they visit the library. I think it would lead to a good discussion
about what books the students like, as well as explaining why you became a librarian. This would be good for setting goals for the
library for the year, i.e. finding books the learners love. An extension could even be to ask the
students (depending on grade level) to write about (or draw a picture of) their
favorite story they have ever read.
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