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I read this many times as a kid and had forgotten all about it until my sister posted about it! Delightful.
4.5Childhood favorite.
The story was a little underwhelming for me, but I did like the illustrations of this! I think children will love seeing all the animals mentioned throughout the story, and relate to Cary’s active imagination!
LOL!!! Those of you who know my knickname at work is Carrie Canary will understand why this is so funny. A little red haired girl goes to the library every Saturday, and as she reads her book she dreams up the way she would run the library if she were in charge. The ending is absolutely perfect.Thanks to Sadie for leaving this precious book in my locker.
Found this one while browsing the shelves at the Barnesville library when Kyla and Ian were babies. Lesser known Don freeman. A favorite.
A quirky, light, clever story that captures the imaginings of a child. (Aletheia's review: I helped hold the book! However Mom was slower than usual at turning the pages...)
A lovely story for the proper age group. Encourages a strong imagination.
A little girl enjoys the library. One day she imagines being the librarian and setting up a day where only animals are allowed. Things get out of hand in her imagination and she has to have the canary sing them all out of the library. She decides to check a book about birds out and "flies" home.
I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!! totally would give to my kids and their kids and their kids and their kids and their kids and their kids and their kids so they know about their librarian grandma.
This is a fanciful story in which a young girl imagines herself as the librarian and invites a gaggle of animals into the library to read. Everything is going well, until some mischievous mice set off a roaring, whinnying, mooing chain reaction. Can the girl get her library under control?I was a little weirded out that the text kept referring to "animals and birds." Birds ARE animals!
Don Freeman did an excellent job writing a creative picture story book for children. Most children know animals are not allowed in the library, but Freeman creates a character Cary who imagined of a day where she would invite all animals to come to the library. Of course nothing good could come from this. The illustrations are simple, and the author only put a few worlds on each page. I enjoyed this book because it was a cute, easy, and creative read.
There are a lot of animals in this book which I enjoyed. It is kind of funny because the little girl in it talks old fashioned. Kinda weird.
I remember this book from when I was a kid, bit had forgotten all about it until I saw it on a display shelf at my library
I do like the matter-of-fact multiculturalism in Freeman's stories, especially considering when they were written. The girl's hair is strange, though, and even stranger than it seems at first because it keeps changing around. Bottom line, though: just as cute and funny as the blurb would have you believe.---This time I noticed that the characters are even more diverse than I realized, as the librarian has warm brown skin, and a boy has ebony colored skin. But again, it's just the way it is, an i...
I was charmed by the story and illustrations. A short and sweet read that I would love to read to my preschoolers.
I LOOOOOOVE this book!
This caught my eye when I was in the library today so I grabbed it and read it. It is cute. A girl who loves the library goes in one Saturday morning and starts daydreaming an adventure in the library. It is cute and while dated in terms of clothing, isn't much dated otherwise....other than the bun on the female librarian....sigh. I likely wouldn't have used it for story time with so many newer titles available but I'd remember it for kids who just like to hang around the library or who are dayd...
This is a fun book about a little girl imagining she ran the library and all the animals who would come and visit to read books. It's silly and fun, and has Don Freeman's cute illustrations. We really enjoyed reading this book together.
A young girl dreams of what she would do if she were the librarian - invite animals into the library for a day to enjoy the stories! Signature Freeman illustrations have a wonderful diverse cast of kids. A good group read aloud.
Quiet! There's a Canary in the Library is a story about a girl named Cary who goes to the library every Saturday. As she's reading her book, she imagines what she'd do if she was the librarian. First, she would have a animal and bird day. All the animals could come in and read whatever book they wanted. She'd let in a canary, lion, elephant, porcupine, mice, and many more animals. However, when the mice came in they scared the elephant which made the porcupine touch the lion who was extremely ti...
