“So You Want to Build A Library” Celebrates Libraries and the Joy of Reading! What’s Not to Love!

I love to stretch the creativity muscle. It’s one we need to exercise to keep our imaginations sharp. As a child, the library provided to me, a gift that stretched my imagination and developed a life long love of reading.

Lindsay Leslie’s children’s book “So You Want To Build A Library” definitely helps stretch the imaginations of young readers. It joyfully emphasizes that the library holds the key to opening the door of possibilities.  The clever premise has the reader in charge of building their dream library; nothing is off limits with your imagination.  

It’s a book that teachers, librarians or parents will love as it helps young students engage in their own storytelling, an important skill to develop.  With this read aloud, accompanied by the delightful illustrations from Aviel Basil, kiddos are asked what books would they read and how they would build their own library? A perfect exercise for sparking dialogue and creativity. 

The books we read (or someone reads to us) as children are the books we never forget. They shape us in ways we may not even recognize: how we see the world. We tuck their lessons away for safekeeping and bring them out—for the rest of our lives—and this book will have young readers always remembering that anything is possible in the library!