  | Dear reader : a love letter to libraries Author: Rose, Tiffany | |
| Price: $22.58 | ||
Summary:
A young girl pens a love letter to libraries and books, and powerfully expresses the need for diversity and the importance of representation in stories!
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (+) (12/01/21)
Booklist (04/15/22)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 04/15/2022 Book-crazy kids will gravitate toward this story of a little Black girl who loves going to the library. She avidly reads across genres but astutely observes that the heroes and heroines suffer from “an absence of melanin. Where is the Black Girl Magic? In the end, she decides to write her own stories that reflect her image and experiences. The illustrations in this book are bright and reflect the girl’s vivid imagination. While the text’s rhymes don’t always flow, the sentiment that Our stories are diverse as our skin / and deserve to be told is worthwhile, indeed. An upbeat addition to #RepresentationMatters collections in the classroom or library. Pair this with Sandra L. Pinkney's Read and Rise (2006) and Janet Sumner Johnson's Help Wanted, Must Love Books (2020). - Copyright 2022 Booklist.
