ashleyaewert's review against another edition
2.0
Was excited for this one, but it fell a bit flat for me. I liked the beginning, but by the end it felt too forced with the level of excitement.
heisereads's review against another edition
4.0
Cute. Share it with younger ones learning about the library.
k_b00kish's review against another edition
3.0
Cute book for older kids (Kindie+) about a card discovering his purpose as a "library" card. My only criticism of this book is they refer to books being date stamped, which makes it just a little disconnected from the 21st century public library experience. Otherwise, would be great for a library-themed storytime
blackandbookish's review against another edition
4.0
A very cute story about a card who learns how to become a library card. And how you can have the excitement of a birthday every day.
laura_mcloughlin's review against another edition
3.0
As a librarian I liked the idea of this book a little better than the actual execution. It was a little too cute for its own good at times. But, still a good book about how awesome libraries are. I was disappointed that the first person the excited little card encounters at the library tries to shush him, but I'm pretty sure that the shushing person was a patron and not a librarian, so that is totally believable. What's not believable - a library giving cookies to small children on the premises. What a mess!
lizinthelibrary's review against another edition
4.0
Great fun story for books/library themed storytime. We did it during national library week. It was pushing too long for toddler time (my toddler time was REALLY young that week), but would work great for preschool storytime.
kristinajean's review against another edition
3.0
Little Card thinks he's a birthday card, but it turns out he is a library card!
Washed and watercolored with lots of texture, the non-human illustrations in this book are great. But I wanted MORE from a book about a library card. Perhaps it was the "shushing" in the library, or the wordiness of the book, or just the fact that I feel like this book does not present the face of a modern library. Certainly the concept is great and has the potential to be a super book. Alas, this as a product does not live up to that.
Washed and watercolored with lots of texture, the non-human illustrations in this book are great. But I wanted MORE from a book about a library card. Perhaps it was the "shushing" in the library, or the wordiness of the book, or just the fact that I feel like this book does not present the face of a modern library. Certainly the concept is great and has the potential to be a super book. Alas, this as a product does not live up to that.
tashrow's review
4.0
Every card has a special grown up job, except for Little Card and Long Card. There were cards who were price tags, others were office folders, others were postcards. So the two cards waited for their special letter to arrive. But on the day the letter arrived, the two cards collided and cards went everywhere. Little Card picked up a letter and read that he was going to be a birthday card! He got lots of training and found that he loved everything about being a birthday card. But one day when he got home, Long Card was there and told him there had been a mix up. She was the birthday card and he was a different type of card. It was too late to be trained again, so Little Card was sent off immediately to work at the library as a library card. He tried to use his birthday card training at his new job, but his loud singing wasn't welcome. Little Card soon learned though what special things were available at the library and was thrilled in the end to know that he could be at the library more than once a year!
This clever take on libraries and having a library card is very nicely structured. The exuberance of Little Card makes the book read aloud well. Children will enjoy the pleasure of the birthday card part of the book, the loud singing, the cake, and the balloons. One might think that that would overshadow the more quiet library portion of the book, but the author made sure to make the library part just as appealing, so the result is that libraries are shown as being just as much fun and just as joyous as a birthday party. Hurrah!
The illustrations of the book are just as fun and buoyant as the story itself. Done in ink washes, pencil, pen and ink, and stamps, they were also colored digitally. They have a nice simplicity to them that will make this book easy to share with groups. The sprightly Little Card dances (literally) across the page and invites children to have a great time with the book and at the library.
A jaunty picture book about libraries, this book will be welcome for library tour groups as well as for introducing children to libraries as a place of fun. Appropriate for ages 3-5.
This clever take on libraries and having a library card is very nicely structured. The exuberance of Little Card makes the book read aloud well. Children will enjoy the pleasure of the birthday card part of the book, the loud singing, the cake, and the balloons. One might think that that would overshadow the more quiet library portion of the book, but the author made sure to make the library part just as appealing, so the result is that libraries are shown as being just as much fun and just as joyous as a birthday party. Hurrah!
The illustrations of the book are just as fun and buoyant as the story itself. Done in ink washes, pencil, pen and ink, and stamps, they were also colored digitally. They have a nice simplicity to them that will make this book easy to share with groups. The sprightly Little Card dances (literally) across the page and invites children to have a great time with the book and at the library.
A jaunty picture book about libraries, this book will be welcome for library tour groups as well as for introducing children to libraries as a place of fun. Appropriate for ages 3-5.