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Honestly, no matter your age or favorite genre, everyone who loves books dreams of owning their own library. I've seen many of the Pinterest boards. I love that in So You Want To Build a Library, the library is made by thinking outside the box. The ice cream snack choice may be a little questionable. The horror of all those sticky fingers touching all the books. *grimaces* But that's the beauty of dreams. It can be whatever you want.

So You Want to Build a Library has fun illustrations and a fun story that can lead into discussions with all ages. I will definitely be adding a hardcover to my collection.

This book was whimsical and so fun to read! It really embraces letting the imagination run wild! The illustrations were just as inpressive! I do believe I will put this on our library's order sheet!

Such a wonderful concept as a lot of young readers like to build things. The illustrations were colorful and cute, I want a a sloth with boots. However a lot of words were large and not necessarily for early readers, this is more of a book for someone to read to this age group.

This book is a cute and wholesome read for both children and adults . This book made my niece very happy because she loves books and wants to start her own library. She loved the idea that she could start her own library even as a child . Thank you for the amazing opportunity to read this wholesome and sweet book.

This is a super fun, imaginative story with vibrant illustrations. I'll definitely be looking for this one to add to my Little Free Library when it is released.

Definitely my kind of book! This is a dream of mine too! Having a library full of fantasies and cozy nooks, with everything good surrounding me. Although the author offered you a dream, but you can make it come true. Start with a place to build, what materials needed, and how to equip your dream library. A fun way to initiate kids to read.

So You Want to Build a Library is an imaginative story about a young girl who plans to build her own library. Each page features her thoughts and ideas which are all inspired from picture books! This story is full of wonder, imagination, adventure and creativity! I can think of so many extensions for the classroom use as this text would spark students to share what would be in their own libraries as well! The possibilities are endless... just like the idea featured in this book! This book is fun for the whole family and I look forward to it being a repeated read in our home.
Thank you to Capstone and NetGalley for my advanced reader copy.

What. a cute book! The art was wonderful, the story was adorable and I love how it all came full circle. Who wouldn't want to build their own library!? This book is for all the book-lovers and their book-loving kids!

✨Review✨ So You Want to Build a Library by Lindsay Leslie
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📚Story
The story is about creating a perfect library. A library that has dragons, ice cream stands with unlimited scoops, bathtubs for reading and more of course!
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📚Art
The art in this book is very colorful and simple. It is very much an illustrated style made for kids. Kids will really like the variety of colors used.
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📚Age
This book would be great for kids ages 4 and up. I think that kids younger than this would still enjoy the pictures but I don’t think their attention span would last through the entire book.
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📚General
I like how it makes reading seem like such a fun activity for your imagination. By using the second person it makes the reader feel like the book lover rather than the character in the books, which could be great for kids who don’t see themselves as readers yet. I also like how in the world the book takes place there are lots of fantastical creatures like fairies and dragons. I think that was a fun addition and it makes the story more fun.
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Also, the book is very inclusive in its writing style. It uses pronouns he, she and them when referencing who the books in the library are for. This was a great added touch.
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This book will be published August 1st.
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Thank you so much to Netgalley and Capstone Publishing for this e-arc. All opinions are my own.

This was beautiful and gives children the opportunity to think and talk about what types of books and things they’d like to have in their own libraries.

This picture book takes children on an imaginative adventure of building a library and all the possibilities that holds. It is a fantastical and fun tale.

I had high hopes for this book. It sounded amazing. While it didn’t live up to it, I believe the concept is great. The point I’d hope is to get children thinking about what they would do if they build a library. Children loving books enough to want to is great. So if this book helps children feel closer to books then it has my vote.

I suggest having your children think about what they would do if they could build their own library. Perhaps have them draw a picture or paint one. Have them tell you their creative library as a story or to actually write it out on paper. Another great idea would be to record their story with your phone or a camera so that one day they can look back and see their amazing thoughts.

Let me know the wonderful things your children’s imaginations come up with or your own ideas on your ideal library.

So You Want To Build A Library? Author Lindsay Leslie offers up possibly the coolest library ever, I know my daughter for sure would want to visit a library with a playground, ladders, a waterslide, a trampoline, and a bunch of other cool features. Not to mention some cool mythical storybook friends for company!

This book is silly and fun with charming illustrations. I think it would make a great storytime book. I am also deeply interested in reading a book about pie-baking snails.

This would be a fun book to share with K-2 students and to tie to a STEAM lesson of designing their own library. This book would also lend to helping get students excited about the library and reading. This book shows the escapes that we all enjoy in books and also highlights the exciting place that a library can be.

Ahhhhhh.... like to build a dream library of your very own? What kind of library would you create? This book is all about an imaginative library one little girl builds with the help of her friends. A million stories high? Noooo problem. The sky is the limit when you have a giant friend to help out. Her magical home for books is filled with floofy chairs, gigantic water slides, tall ladders, a bathtub, trained dragons, an unlimited ice cream bar and teeny, tiny nooks for fairies to curl up and read their favourite stories.

The illustrations make the text almost animated. They are colourful, fun, engaging and busy. This book would be a great conversation starter as to what your child would include in their library if they created one. The book celebrates the love of libraries and of reading. I highly recommend it.

This is cute and I loved how it perpetuates the idea for young children to enjoy reading and to have fun with books and the stories they are reading or have read. The illustrations are cute and the colors are so vibrant and appealing to look at as well.

This is a wonderful book that children will want to read over and over again. The story is fun and the illustrations are perfect. I love anything to do with a library and I will definitely be buying this for my grandsons.

Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC of this book.
Read and reviewed by seven-year-old Amy.

‘So You Want to Build a Library’ is a picture book about how to build a library. It would be best if you had millions of people to help build a library. You can have giants, regular friends—every one—to help you create a library. Is the library perfect at the end? Read this funny picture book to find out!
This book's theme is teamwork.
This is a very small but fun book to read.
I give this book 5/5 stars as I loved how everyone helped build a library, and I love libraries.

So You Want To Build a Library by Lindsay Leslie is a cute, short picture book for children. With adorable illustrations and creative library features throughout, young children will adore this book. It was a cute concept and a fun read. It was extremely short and my son would have liked a bit more to the story. I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher with no obligations. These opinions are entirely my own.

This is adorable. Engaging for young readers with bright pictures and colorful words, and only adding to the little reader's love of reading and adventure. I loved going on this library-building journey, and I know my kids will, too!