My son read this book and loved it. His favorite part was when he was finally remembered by the boy and he started reading him a lot. He got to go home with him in the summer and that was better than the first time. He gave it 5 out of 5 stars. I will be buying this book for my school to have.

A very cute children’s book about caring about the books you borrow from the library. It was very sweet and the artwork is simple with the text very easy to read.

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I loved this cute book. It is perfect for teaching kids book care. As a librarian I will be purchasing this book and using it to help students learn. It is hard to find good fun books that teach book care lessons. This book nailed it.

I absolutely adored this book! As an avid reader since childhood with a teacher for a mom, this book was an absolute delight! Told from the book’s POV it was an incredibly refreshing tale of students and their library mishaps. I especially enjoyed how Sebastian, the boy who borrowed Bob the book, was not portrayed as a bad kid but rather a forgetful one who later learned to treasure the stories Bob had to tell. This book belongs in classrooms and media centers everywhere!

This is such an adorable children’s book. My 3 year old and 6 year old loved it. It’s the perfect book to show kids how to care for library books. Every library should have this book!

As a school librarian, I tried to teach elementary school students how to take good care of the library books they borrowed. It was difficult to find an interesting book to read aloud on this topic. The text and illustrations in Overdue were thoroughly enjoyable and presented an excellent lesson. I hope school teachers and librarians will discover this gem of a book.

This is such a cute book. If I still taught elementary school I would totally buy this book and add it to the library. I think every librarian should read this on the kids' first visit to the school library. Such a cute way to teach kids the proper care and handling of any book! The illustrations are great, simple and clear. I love that the main character is the book!!!!

What a cute story! And, very relatable since we have had the letters home about unreturned library books from school and had to search the house for them!
Great illustrations as well and my only feedback would be for a different font in the yellow squares.

Thank you NetGalley for the eARC!
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Oh Bob! What a fun book to read — an absolute adventure for what library books can go through when borrowed. It’s an entirely relatable book for any library lover and avid book reader. It was so comforting to understand how truly loved Bob is by the students in the class and his importance in their life! The illustrations are colorful and express each situation that Bob is found in extremely well. I’m sure this book will become a staple in libraries, especially Children’s rooms. Great information about book care can be found at the end. I can’t wait to buy this book!

Absolutely loved this cute book! Read it to my son who loves checking out books from his school library and we can related to Sebastian at the beginning of being allowed to check out books! We have gotten way better & I think this is an amazing book and all school libraries should own this and or read it! My son says he rates it 5 stars and was naming his personal favorite books

Love Bob and love the book!
It's a magical way of reminding young readers to take good care of their books. A librarian has the same reminders, but this is a humorous way of bringing the lesson home. The follow-up is especially important. What a great way to jog someone's memory to take care of their books and bring them back on time...or as close to the due date as possible.

This was so cute! I loved the illustrations, and I LOVED that Bob got found in the end! What a fantastic book about taking care of library books! I will definitely be sure this is ordered for our shelves!

Read with my six and eight year olds – we all loved it! 6yo says "I loved it so much! [She] loved the pictures" and 8yo says "[he] likes it because [he] loves reading and because [he] also has overdue books sometimes." It was genuinely a super cute story, and as the parent hunting for overdue books, I got a good laugh out of the book, too!

Overdue is a nice, straightforward story about Bob the library book and what happens when - gasp - his most recent library patron, Sebastian, forgets to bring him back. Bob is trapped at home, wondering if he'll ever return to his library and his glory as one of the most requested books.

This books was straightfoward and an easy read. It would be very easy to incorporate into a library lesson at the beginning of the year. As a reader and teacher, I did wish for more of a story arc from the main characters. With Bob hanging out for an entire school year, it just felt like more could have happened to him or with Sebastian. Still a good read overall, and I could see kids making connections to other things that have been misplaced or lost at home before.

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author and the illustrator for ARC access.

Of course a librarian would select a book about books! This is a great one to teach kids how to use the library, and how borrowing a book works. It’s about a book who gets borrowed by a not-so-responsible kid. He fears all hope is lost as the seasons change and still he isn’t returned. And even worse - the kid hasn’t even read him yet! Of course this has a happy ending, and I think it’d be a good companion to Bad Seed Goes to the Library.

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I absolutely love this book! What a well thought out and original story! This could really connect with todays kids to have them feel a sense of responsibility with library books, their care and getting them back for others to enjoy.
I will definitely recommend this story

This is the perfect book to read at the beginning of the school year! It’s the perfect blend of lesson and humor.

This is such a fun and cute book! It reminded me of Jory John's series. This is definitely a great read aloud to encourage young readers in your classroom to both read the books in your classroom library and return them! I have to admit I was a little worried about the book at Sebastien's house. But I'm glad Sebastien finally found the book at just the right time. It just shows that the love of reading can kick in at any time. I can see this being a intro to the school library classic.

Thank you Netgalley for the chance to read and review Overdue by Gloria Koster. I found this to be cute book that children would love to hear out loud. I'm giving this title a 4 stars out of 5.

I loved this book it was so cute. It teaches children how amazing reading is and how to properly take care of books. This would be a great read for librarians to read to groups of children before they borrow from a school library!