So You Want To Build a Library by Lindsay Leslie is one of my favorite books of 2021! As a fellow book lover and library lover, I loved the imagery in the book and how it encourages children to read. This would be a great book book to read to children to introduce them to the library. It would be a great book to read in a classroom setting or a story time setting. Thank you to NetGalley and the Publisher for the opportunity to read this book. (This review is also on GoodReads.)

Hmmm... Lively and fun look at a fantasy library, built with the help of fantasy characters and designed to contain all the fantasy elements a young reader might wish for in a library, but... I guess the circular design of the plot, and the second person narration ("you need this, you do that, you get the giant to do the other") will both work for the target audience, but they didn't make this feel quite so appealing to me. What it does do is brightly and colourfully prove that libraries are all-inclusive places, but the reality is that good ones are becoming as scarce as the well-trained dragons we're told they're supposed to have. I hope this works, then, but I didn't quite get on the same wavelength for some reason. Three and a half stars.

A good story about a little girl who dreams of what she will keep in her library. Nothing stops her imagination and it shows in her wild fantasies. A good story for really young readers.
The illustrations are pretty cute.
Thank you, NetGalley and Capstone Editions, for the Advanced Review Copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

An imaginative, playful celebration of stories and books, filled with fun and fantastical characters and enchanted with the special brand of magic found only in books.

So you want to build a library? What do you put inside one?
Lovely children's book celebrating the joy of reading and the magical places we know as libraries!

I would like to thank the publisher and netgalley for providing me a free copy in exchange for an honest review.

Review to come July 31st to blog/goodreads.

I received this book from Netgalley/publisher in exchange of an honest review.

How can I, as a bookworm, resist this adorable and fun sounding book? That's right, I cannot! I just had to get this one! 

In this book we meet a little girl who is a giant bookworm and decides to build a big, magical, fun, library! I loved seeing her get the idea and then try to make it reality. From grabbing things left and right (doesn't matter if anyone was using it given that she took the dining table mid meal :P ) to finding the perfect spot to build it, to getting help from friends and fantasy/imaginary creatures. Yep, everyone is here to help this girl out! I loved seeing knights, giants, animals, and more help out to make this girl's dreams come true. They know that they can also benefit from a fun library! I have to say, given everything, that the library looked a bit unstable, though from the inside it was perfect. 

Because the library itself? BOY, I want to go there! Sundaes (though not in the way I know them), ladders (I love that as you can reach books easily then, though in this one it looks like it could also lead to adventures), books books and more books, and anything else you may want to find in a library. That is definitely a library for me! 

The art was also such a delight and I really liked the style! 

All in all, this is the perfect book for us bookworms who love going to libraries! This one is a dream come true.

Beautifully illustrated book, perfect for introducing or talking about books to your little ones. Whether they are just getting into books, or you want to talk to them bout books and libraries, this is perfect way to start.

Our little bookish heroine has the wildest library ever, with everything from a sundae bar to a water slide.

I absolutely love it and think it's a fun, imaginative book, that can get those creative juices flowing (although we all know most of our little ones don't need help with activating their imagination). In any case, I recommend it!

Thanks NetGalley for the arc! This was the cutest book! SO much fun to read and imagine building your own library. My toddler (3.5) was happy to go on this fun journey to build a library and fill it with all the stories and characters. I loved the cute illustrations and enjoyed reading the story aloud to her. I would love to build my own library and the big comfy chair was my dream reading chair. Highly recommend, would read over and over with delight!

In this picture book, a child's dream library is built to even include dragons and a waterslide...neither of which seems safe around books! But if you can build your own library (with the help of a giant), why not add all of your favorite things?

I like that this book promotes the love of libraries and reading. I just didn't feel that the book was anything that stood out from the rest. Furthermore, some of the additions to the library seem as though they would detract from reading, such as the playground. In a world where screen time is the new playtime, I'm all for promoting reading, though.

I received a digital ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to NetGalley and Capstone Editions.

Absolutely wonderful! This is a beautiful story about being able to explore your imagination with beautiful illustrations to go with it. It will really help some children understand the enjoys of reading, how to use their books to aid their imagination and hopefully use their imagination in their play.

This one was cute! I liked how inventive she was with using things to build her library and all the characters she included. This will be a fun one for kids to think about how they could build their own library.

Thanks NetGalley for this ARC!

My son is 6 and absolutely loved reading this book. It has simple words that he knows, and beautiful pictures that he loved to look at the details of. This is so cute and perfectly in line with our love of libraries! Can't wait for this one to come out so we can pick it up and enjoy it over and over again.

Thank you for the opportunity to review this book, So You Want To Build a Library by Lindsay Leslie. I will be cross-posting this review to Goodreads. I reviewed a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review, and I used Adobe Digital Editions to view the documents error-free.

Initial thoughts: Do I want to build a library? Yes, since I was young. So, young budding bibliophiles may be really interested in this book. Cover = very cute. Illustrations = very cute. Premise = very cute.

One of my fav cute bits (and ideas, by the way....) is the full-service ice cream bar with unlimited scoops. Alright... I'm sold.

Really, this book is just cute. It's short, it's concise, the words are age-level appropriate. It's just fun.

So You Want To Build a Library by Lindsay Leslie is a very cute children’s book about building a library with books. Children love books. My daughter has a library of children’s books. I think this is one of the perfect books for children. Children will love this book so many wonderful pictures are in this book. The illustrations are very colorful. Children when they think about building a library of books and will expand their love of reading. Maybe one day they will hear about giraffes for instance and they will need to get that book.