Leilong the Library Bus

Description

A library-loving dinosaur reminds us how it feels to be transported by story in this picture book for young children. Leilong's friends are taking him to story time at the library. But it's difficult for a large, clumsy brontosaurus without a library card to follow all the rules. Especially when enthusiastic Leilong gets caught up in the story and joins in, threatening to flatten the library. Is Leilong too big for the library, or is the library too small? With vibrant and vintage-like illustrations, children of all ages will love this enthusiastic, bumbling dinosaur who just wants, like all of us, to hear a good story. Perfect to read aloud or together with younger dino fans and book-lovers, or for readers aged 5-7. Other books by Julia Liu: Leilong's Too Long!

Julia Liu has worked as an editor of children's fiction and has published picture books, illustrated biographies of Einstein and Archimedes and a collection of fairy tales. Bei Lynn is an award-winning Taiwanese illustrator who has written and illustrated picture books, stories, magazines and comics.

"The what-next is magical. The ending is genius. The book is a heart-moving CELEBRATION of why stories matter so very much, and why some of us can't stop reading them, listening to them, or writing them." -- Paula Green, Poetry Box "Text and illustrations are perfectly matched here. Via Wang's smooth translation from Chinese, Liu employs simple, direct third-person narration, enhanced by intriguing dialogue and winning characters. Lynn's intricate cartoons provide scope and setting and much of the fun as well as thought-provoking details." -- Kirkus Reviews "A fun way to look at big or small, half full or half empty scenarios and thinking outside the box. Problem solving at its best!" -- Collected #27 SLANZA "Leilong is a cheerful, bright-green standout among bustling cityscapes and quiet interiors with dark line art and crayon-like smears of rose and dusty blue." -- Foreword Reviews