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Lola is so cute and relatable. Love that she likes to go to the library with her mom. The pictures are bright and appealing. A simple enjoyable story.

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I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. Another sweet Lola board book about going to the library with mommy.

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Lola takes a trip to the library with her mother. The book tells about the different things you can do at the library. A good lesson in understanding community locations and expectations when visiting the library. Recommended for toddlers to kindergarten.students.

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Another fun Lola book! On Tuesdays, Lola goes to the library with Mommy. She takes back the books she got last week, listens to storytime, and picks out new books for the week ahead, for when Mommy reads to her at bedtime. A big part of the fun is the walk to and from the library, where Lola gets to see lots of interesting sites and meet new people- and a dog! Meeting dogs is the best! It's lovely to see Lola enjoying her trip to the library, and seeing that love of books and reading sparked in a child's heart. The illustrations are soft and friendly, really sweet, with lots of details for little ones to find, and fit so well with the story.

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Another adorable story all about Lola! Anna McQuinn's children's books are always on my classroom and personal shelves. Well written, fantastic artwork, and thought provoking stories for little ones. I especially love Lola at the Library with Mommy since I'm a big fan of reading, but all Anna's books are fantastic!

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There is another book published before this lacking the word mommy. The story is different than the first one.
Loving reading the first one in story time and know I will be reading this one also to the group. It is a short and simple story to read to toddlers.

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I love the Lola series! In this book, Lola and her mom make an everyday experience look like a grand adventure. The story shows the routine that Lola and mommy follow as they make their weekly trip to the library. There's a lot to love about this book - it's a great representation of a modern Black family, it's brightly illustrated, and most of the pictures are drawn from Lola's perspective, seeing what's at her eye level. Parents and teachers could use this as a mentor text to teach sequence of events and ask children to write the steps to one of their favorite activities.

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We read this book after reading Lola Loves Stories With Daddy, and my granddaughter liked it almost as much. It is Tuesday, so Lola and her mom go to the library. She has to bring back the book she borrowed last week (that took some explaining that she couldn't keep it), choose a new one and participate in storytime. We talked about school in September and that she would have storytime in her classroom and at the library as she has only had to listen alone or with her brother. Then at home, mommy reads Lola a bedtime story. This is another book to share the love of reading, and the importance of reading as a family to share the love of reading. She liked that mommy reads bedtime stories too, because her mommy sometimes reads to her, usually it is daddy. The pictures were again a delight that had us talking and sharing stories.

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I have always enjoyed the Lola series of books and enjoy that they are bringing the series to younger readers in board book form. Lola goes to the library with her mommy and this explains all of the adventures that they have there. An adorable story introducing Lola!

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Another sweet Lola book to add to the series. In this board book, Lola is back at the library enjoying her weekly Tuesday visit with Mommy. Sharing this book with a young child gives one a chance to discuss a Library visit and replicate it. Young children should be able to relate to the very special trip to story time at their special library.
I love the images.

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What an adorable book! We follow a mommy and her little girl on their weekly trip to the library. The illustrations fit the story perfectly. Very simple story that even the littlest library patron will understand.
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Simple text and colorful pictures will be geared towards very young story times.

I struggle with there being a series about Lola, who is clearly a black female, written by and illustrated by white women. Bring more writers of color into publishing.

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I received an electronic ARC from Charlesbridge through NetGalley.
Lola is one of my favorite characters and I'm delighted to see the board books for younger readers. Lola and her mom visit the library every week and share special time reading together each day. Simple to follow text and colorful illustrations pull toddlers and preschoolers into the story. The message about reading and using our libraries is always timely.

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This book is just too simplistic for even young children, The story doesn’t make the outing of going to the library exciting at all. What does the child see at the library, other children, little chairs just her size, red books, green books, looking out the window., playing with blocks, handing her card at checkout? And why do illustrators think young children only see other people’s feet! Children always look up at faces. Sweet pictures but don’t tell much of a story.

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"Lola and the Library with Mommy" is an adorable book with beautiful illustrations that follows Lola and her mom's Tuesday routine; getting books ready to return and checking out a new book. I would read this book to toddlers to early preschoolers. IT could be used as a social story for kids who have difficulty following a library routine. I love that the book promotes early literacy and a love of reading.

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This sweet book is a celebration of the love of reading! Lola and her mommy go every Tuesday to the library together. She remembers to pack last week's books in her backpack to take back and of course she needs her library card. She goes to the children's section and picks out new books to share with mommy at bedtime. Both she and her mom love to read her books together before she sleeps.

This charming board book highlights the happiness of reading and encourages the use of the local library. I whole-heartedly recommend it.

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Lola at the Library with Mommy is another cute Lola story. I thought it fits in well with the other Lola stories that I have read with my kids. I would have loved to see more of a difference between Lola Loves Stories with her Daddy and the new Lola and her mommy book. I thought they ended up being exactly the same thing in the end. I think, out of the two new Lola books, that this is the one I probably wouldn't have published. It is almost identical to the first Lola book.

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This is another hit from the Lola team! I am a children's librarian who presents storytime to toddlers on a regular basis and I also turn to the Lola books. This is a simple, fine book about a trip to the library. It is simple enough that most kids will be able to relate. It also leaves room for talking about the child's experiences with the library and books. The illustrations are in the same style as the other books, which I like because they are colorful yet gentle. I look forward to reading this at storytime in the future.

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Lola goes to the library on Tuesdays with her mom. She has fun with everything at the library and shows the reader everything that she does - returning books, choosing more books, and attending storytime. This is a cute book where kids can relate to Lola and mirror her actions in their own lives.

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Super cute children's book about going to the library. It is very very short and found myself wanting more content about why it is fun going to the library, but I appreciated the simplicity as well. Thank you for the opportunity to read and review.

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