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Lehrhaupt, Adam

Book's Big Adventure

32 pp. | Simon/Wiseman | April, 2021 | Trade ISBN 978-1-5344-2183-7 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-5344-2184-4 $10.99
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Rahele Jomepour Bell. Book, a new and vivacious red library book, is excited to be a part of its community, as it delights children and travels to picnics and sleepovers. But as time wears on and its popularity wanes, Book becomes forlorn, forgotten, and eventually discarded. Book longs to return to the fun it once had with young readers. After a long, lonely wait in a dark and silent box, our protagonist finally gets another chance when it is selected by a new reader at a used-book sale. Richly textured hand-drawn illustrations tenderly highlight the bright red book on each page. An author's note discusses Lehrhaupt's inspiration for Book's story and gives readers ideas for places in need of book donations, so they can pass on their own beloved volumes to new homes.
Reviewer: Maija Meadows Hasegawa | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2021

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