This was such a cute book! I love the concept and the emphasis on imagination. The drawings are cute and colorful. My favorite by far is the dragons dancing in the stacks! My book-loving preschooler is going to love this story, and it'll be one I'm eager to reach for when it's storytime.

How much did I love this book? I went to Amazon and preordered it!

The library was my favorite place growing up and thankfully my kids feel the same way!

This book was pure fun and encouraged lots of fun conversations about what they would put in their own libraries. In fact, I think we will turn this into a writing prompt got homeschool.

My kids are 3 and 7 and both loved the book.

The illustrations were gorgeous and the story was delightful!

I received a free eARC of this book in return for an honest review; thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity..

This was a delightfully whimsical and cheerful picture book that my preschooler and I enjoyed very much. We love books and reading together, and before the pandemic we loved to go in to libraries together as well.

The illustrations were wonderful and imaginative. The text was cheeky and cheerful. I like that it encourages children to think of what they can build and the possibilities of their dreams.

I would definitely recommend this book for fans of Ben Hart & Kristen Bell’s The World Needs More Purple People, Adam Rubin’s Dragons Love Tacos, and Oliver Jeffers Stuck.

The illustrations were adorably cute, and the story line was very creative. Overall, an interesting idea to adapt into a children's story.

This book is adorable, absolutely the kind of book I would have loved to read as a child. I really liked the illustrations.

This book allows children's imaginations to run wild while sharing their love for libraries!

An absolutely darling book for any creative little book lover. This one really captured the magic of books for me, and the sweet story was made even better by the artwork. Absolutely will be picking this one up for my little one.

This imaginative book allows children to design their own library with their chosen features from bath tubs to sundae bars. Love the bright colourful illustrations!

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. So you love the library so much that you want to build your own? What should it have in it? What kind of books? Read this story to find more details on building your own library.

As a child, libraries were always this magical and mysterious place where books magically appeared and I could go into this world or that world or any world I imagined. But I always wondered how libraries worked. And this book will teach children just that.

Capstone always has the Best™ picture books. I don't make the rules.

Honestly, no matter your age or favorite genre, everyone who loves books dreams of owning their own library. I've seen many of the Pinterest boards. I love that in So You Want To Build a Library, the library is made by thinking outside the box. The ice cream snack choice may be a little questionable. The horror of all those sticky fingers touching all the books. *grimaces* But that's the beauty of dreams. It can be whatever you want.

So You Want to Build a Library has fun illustrations and a fun story that can lead into discussions with all ages. I will definitely be adding a hardcover to my collection.

This book was whimsical and so fun to read! It really embraces letting the imagination run wild! The illustrations were just as inpressive! I do believe I will put this on our library's order sheet!

Such a wonderful concept as a lot of young readers like to build things. The illustrations were colorful and cute, I want a a sloth with boots. However a lot of words were large and not necessarily for early readers, this is more of a book for someone to read to this age group.

This is a super fun, imaginative story with vibrant illustrations. I'll definitely be looking for this one to add to my Little Free Library when it is released.

Definitely my kind of book! This is a dream of mine too! Having a library full of fantasies and cozy nooks, with everything good surrounding me. Although the author offered you a dream, but you can make it come true. Start with a place to build, what materials needed, and how to equip your dream library. A fun way to initiate kids to read.

What. a cute book! The art was wonderful, the story was adorable and I love how it all came full circle. Who wouldn't want to build their own library!? This book is for all the book-lovers and their book-loving kids!

✨Review✨ So You Want to Build a Library by Lindsay Leslie
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📚Story
The story is about creating a perfect library. A library that has dragons, ice cream stands with unlimited scoops, bathtubs for reading and more of course!
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📚Art
The art in this book is very colorful and simple. It is very much an illustrated style made for kids. Kids will really like the variety of colors used.
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📚Age
This book would be great for kids ages 4 and up. I think that kids younger than this would still enjoy the pictures but I don’t think their attention span would last through the entire book.
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📚General
I like how it makes reading seem like such a fun activity for your imagination. By using the second person it makes the reader feel like the book lover rather than the character in the books, which could be great for kids who don’t see themselves as readers yet. I also like how in the world the book takes place there are lots of fantastical creatures like fairies and dragons. I think that was a fun addition and it makes the story more fun.
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Also, the book is very inclusive in its writing style. It uses pronouns he, she and them when referencing who the books in the library are for. This was a great added touch.
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This book will be published August 1st.
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Thank you so much to Netgalley and Capstone Publishing for this e-arc. All opinions are my own.

This was beautiful and gives children the opportunity to think and talk about what types of books and things they’d like to have in their own libraries.

This picture book takes children on an imaginative adventure of building a library and all the possibilities that holds. It is a fantastical and fun tale.

I had high hopes for this book. It sounded amazing. While it didn’t live up to it, I believe the concept is great. The point I’d hope is to get children thinking about what they would do if they build a library. Children loving books enough to want to is great. So if this book helps children feel closer to books then it has my vote.

I suggest having your children think about what they would do if they could build their own library. Perhaps have them draw a picture or paint one. Have them tell you their creative library as a story or to actually write it out on paper. Another great idea would be to record their story with your phone or a camera so that one day they can look back and see their amazing thoughts.

Let me know the wonderful things your children’s imaginations come up with or your own ideas on your ideal library.

So You Want To Build A Library? Author Lindsay Leslie offers up possibly the coolest library ever, I know my daughter for sure would want to visit a library with a playground, ladders, a waterslide, a trampoline, and a bunch of other cool features. Not to mention some cool mythical storybook friends for company!

Ahhhhhh.... like to build a dream library of your very own? What kind of library would you create? This book is all about an imaginative library one little girl builds with the help of her friends. A million stories high? Noooo problem. The sky is the limit when you have a giant friend to help out. Her magical home for books is filled with floofy chairs, gigantic water slides, tall ladders, a bathtub, trained dragons, an unlimited ice cream bar and teeny, tiny nooks for fairies to curl up and read their favourite stories.

The illustrations make the text almost animated. They are colourful, fun, engaging and busy. This book would be a great conversation starter as to what your child would include in their library if they created one. The book celebrates the love of libraries and of reading. I highly recommend it.