Bound To Stay Bound

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Booklist - 03/01/2019 On the eve of his eighth birthday, a reluctant reader’s parents gift him with a book. Disappointed, he falls asleep until awakened by a lion purring outside his window. It’s New York Public Library’s Fortitude, and he whisks the boy off to the 41st Street branch, where his partner, Patience, awaits. In the stacks, books and characters come alive, reminding the boy of stories he enjoyed with his grandfather as a smaller child. The author of Ninja Baby (2015) opts here for a pensive tone, well suited to this dream fantasy. Colón’s mixed-media scratchboard-style art complements the wistful text as the characters roam from the Bronx to Manhattan and into the library’s grand hall and children’s room. Using a palette of earth tones highlighted in yellow and blue, Colón’s art pays homage to this grand edifice as well as several children’s classics (including The Polar Express) mentioned in the text. With marbled endpapers recalling Van Gogh’s The Starry Night and an author’s note filling in NYPL details, this should please bibliophiles of all ages. - Copyright 2019 Booklist.

School Library Journal - 04/01/2019 PreS-Gr 2—What better way to cure a lost love of books than with a magic ride through the library in the middle of the night? A young Latino boy goes to bed disappointed when he receives a book for his eighth birthday and soon falls into a restless sleep. Later that night, he is awakened by a giant lion who whisks him out of the Bronx and through Manhattan straight to the doors of the New York Public Library. The boy soon remembers where he's seen this lion before; it is Fortitude, who guards the doors of the library with his fellow lion, Patience. During his tour of the deserted library, our narrator watches books as they move, dance, and twirl through the stacks. He even recognizes some of his favorite storybook characters as they and the stories come to life. As he witnesses the wonder of books and the library, the boy tells Fortitude that he has stopped reading because of the loss of his grandfather; reading was their favorite thing to do together. He soon learns that books, and his special memories of his grandfather, have been there all along—and they always will be. Colón's gorgeous art paired with Zeltser's text creates a dreamy, magical world in this book about books. VERDICT Sure to inspire people of all ages to pick up a book and experience the magic that unfolds.—Elizabeth Blake, Brooklyn Public Library - Copyright 2019 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.

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