This was so cute!! It teaches about borrowing books and the importance of caring for borrowed books. The illustrations were the best and I really enjoyed it and would recommend it.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the chance to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

Firstly I received overdue from NetGalley, now with that said let’s get right to it. Over due the misadventure of bob the book is super adorable, I fell in love with the characters in a way it took me back to my favorite childhood movie the page master in a small way. Without spoiling anything let’s just say Sebastian who is the main character learns a lesson in the end. He had found a new love in reading and learned he can jump into new adventures and worlds just by opening a book.

Overdue is short but sweet and to the point. The story and illustrations work in tandem to help keep you engaged with the story. Even if you were a beginner level reader and couldn’t read very well the illustrations are enough to understand the story. I absolutely loved following bobs own adventure but like I said the story was very short and I really wanted more. Overall you got a story told and it was sweet and simple. I wouldn’t mind seeing this be a series.

This was a cute picture book with examples and easy to follow instructions about taking care of library books. (Books in general, really)

Bob is a very popular library book. We see him go from house to house as different children check him out. They all take very good care of him…that is until Sebastian checks him out.

Sebastian lets his little sister eat near the book, and his brother use it with toys. In the end, he didn’t even remember to read the book and it ends up getting “lost” when their dad moves it into the kitchen on a shelf.

Months pass and Sebastian has a note sent home to please return the book. Finally Bob is found! Sebastian ends up reading it multiple times and then returns it. He ends up telling the librarian that it’s his favorite and she lets him take it home for the summer.

Overall, a cute idea and a good idea for kids to see what happens when they lose track of library books!

This is an adorable story about a book that's overdue, lost and scared. I really enjoyed the illustrations and the storyline and will definitely be purchasing this for my library.

This is a cute picture book from the perspective of a book. I am excited to add this to my collection to use at the beginning of the year when establishing routines with my classes!

Overdue: The Misadventure of Bob the Book is a book that will quickly be added to a cannon of books that librarians use to talk about book care. Written in a graphic novel format, students will quickly fall in love with the main character, Bob, a book who is very unhappy about being lost in the home of the last student who checked him out of the library.

I absolutely loved this book! Will purchase to read to my students about caring for their books and returning them.
Cute pictures and real life situation that I deal with every school year. Thank you NetGalley for the early read.

This book was adorable. I would definitely recommend for families with small children, or school libraries. I love it when books anthropomorphize inanimate objects.

This humorous book told from the perspective of a popular library book was such a fun read. Poor Bob, the book, finds himself borrowed by a little boy who forgets all about him. Bob is missing from the library for nearly a whole school year, but readers will not despair with the positive ending showing the joy books can bring readers. This book is a great instructional tool explaining book care and returning books on time for school librarians to read to younger students, and we plan on ordering a copy for ours.

I absolutely loved this book! It is the perfect story to read at the beginning of the school year or first day of storytime at the library. The author did a great job talking about the perils of being a library book, but still kept it light and sweet.

10/10 recommend every teacher and librarian own a copy.

📚 This is a lovely story about reading and book stewardship.

📚 Bob is the most popular book in the elementary school library! Kids love to take him home to read. One day, Bob’s journey takes an unexpected turn when he is borrowed by a boy who hasn’t learned the importance of handling books with care. This leads to Bob being misplaced and, regrettably, becoming very overdue.

📚 The book provides an engaging lesson on the significance of book care and the respect due to shared materials. It’s also an excellent resource for librarians to teach children about the responsibilities that come with borrowing books.

📚 The illustrations are humorous and add to the charm of the story.

📚 There are even some Book Care Tips at the end of the book.

📚 This story is sure to be a hit with kids, librarians, and book lovers alike, offering a blend of entertainment and a valuable lesson.

Thank you @netgalley and Capstone Editions for an eARC of this book, which I have read and reviewed honestly and voluntarily.

Bob the book has been abandoned by his most recent borrower from the school library. Will he ever make it back to his rightful place in circulation?

Overdue: The Misadventure of Bob the Book addresses the responsibility each student has to take care of their books in an impactful way. With beautiful illustrations, a fascinating story, and a formatting style reminiscent of a graphic novel, it has all the ingredients to draw students in and allow them to digest the themes presented. This would be an absolutely amazing story to bookend a year with students, as the lessons could serve easily as both a beginning of year explanation of how to take care of books and an end of year reminder to look for lost items and return them.

The illustrations in this book are super cute. Bob is such a fun character and it’s a good way to teach kids about keeping track of our books. The tips at the back are also really great.

The story is ok. I felt the ending didn’t make much sense. The book is so overdue, it’s many students favourite and it needs to be returned before school ends but then he’s allowed to take it out again? It didn’t seem to send the right message to me.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for giving me the chance to read and review this book.

I thought the illustrations in this book were cute, but brighter colors would have been much more exciting and eye catching. And I think the story could have been cute, but it just didn’t quite work for me. And I think a lot of kids would be bored with it.

This book is great for any school librarian! I love that it addresses so many library book issues in such a cute way. Already ordered for my library!! Can't wait to use it in September.

This was such an entertaining and clever children’s book about an all-time favorite library book at an Elementary School. The illustrations were adorable and I loved how important this book focused on how young readers should care for library books.

It shows a great appreciation on borrowed books and how to care for them, the characters were fun and a young child will absolutely adore this story.

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Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with access to read this book!

We LOVED this book! Such a cute story about an overdue library book, and how he finds his way into the right hands. The pictures were really well done and the story flowed perfectly.
Super cute teaching lesson for kids, and it was even entertaining for us parents! We plan on buying a copy of this for at home!!

I actually got this for my son (obviously since it's a children's book lol) He loved it! He has read it multiple times and can't get enough of it! He has read it multiple nights in a row this week since first reading it! Highly recommend to read to your kiddo or for kiddos who can read on their own!

This is an adorable book about taking care of our borrowed books and the impact of reading.

It was a well received book by my daughter (8) who needed a reminder of how to properly take care of the books she borrowed from school. This would be a great teaching tool for librarians at the start of each year!

Such a cute book with fun illustrations about the importance of treating library books well and remembering to return them on time. For readers 5-9.