The Library Fish (The Library Fish Books)

An amazing book exploring the wonderful possibilities of a library. Sweet message, adorable characters, and the pictures are cute as heck! A definite must!

This is such a cute story, and the illustrations really brought it to life. The goldfish is so expressive, simply adorable!

I love libraries and I love the story and the illustrations!

The Library Fish is a charming book where you'll unexpected characters, like a goldfish who loves to read. Library Fish lives in a bowl on the desk of Mr. Hughes, the librarian. She loves everything about the library, from people read to seeing what gets checked out.But what happens if the library doesn't open? What happens if Library fish leaves her bowl? And what friend will she make when she thinks she's alone?Overall, The Library Fish is a story about the power of books, literacy, friendship and perseverance. I would recommend this book! I just recently discovered there is a sequel as well and we look forward to reading that soon.

When librarian Mr. Hughes finds a fish in a bowl on the steps of the library with a note "I love stories," he decides to put the fish in the library. Library Fish loves it on Mr. Hughs desk where it can see all the children and what stories they are reading. Library Fish especially loves story time as she listens in with the children. She hears stories of interesting characters and wild places like outer space. She likes to travel in the bookmobile with Mr. Hughes as he passes out books to children. Mr. Hughes knows the exact book to give to each of his readers.One day there's a snowstorm, so the library is closed. Library Fish is sad that no one is coming in, but she knows how to find the perfect story. She launches herself out of her bowl and goes to the story time area. She begins reading. Outside, the bookmobile honks its horn, and Library Fish realizes she can read to the little truck through the library window. Library Fish has a night full of adventures and climbs back into her bowl.The next morning Mr. Hughes comes in and swears Library Fish looks especially tired. She might have even yawned. When Mr. Hughes sees all the picture books on the floor and books propped up in the window and the Bookmobile truck pulled up to the window, he's confused and scratches his head.But readers know, Library Fish knows, and the Bookmobile knows who was reading the stories and sharing them in the window.Heartfelt and sweet, The Library Fish celebrates reading, libraries, books and smart, helpful librarians. It's nice to see a MALE librarian, and even more fantastic, he's a librarian who listens to the kid readers and matches them all with a book he knows they'll like. Library science is a science of the heart (I might need to trademark this sentence). TM. Library science is a science of the heart and it feeds the soul (TM Ha, even better) and it's nice to see an author celebrate the heart and soul of a good librarian.Highly recommended for any story time at every library and classroom. A must read ages 3-9.

Such a fun story about the power of story, set (mostly 😉) in a library. While a fish, a bookmobile and a librarian seem like an unusual cast, Alyssa makes it work in a totally charming way! Every librarian and book lover needs to read this book!

I've always wondered...now I know! This book is so much fun to real around!

Absolutely beautiful book. Lovely story and great illustrations. Suitable for any primary pupil - can be read to and easily understood by infants. The story is suitable for all ages.