Beatrice Doesn't Want to

Author

Laura Joffe Numeroff

Illustrator

Lynn Munsinger

Publication Date

May 13, 2008

Genre / Grade Band

Fiction / 2^nd − 3^rd

Language

English

Format

Picture Book

Paperback

Currently out of stock

Description

Beatrice doesn't like books, and she doesn't like tagging along with her brother to the library. She certainly doesn't want to sit in a room full of kids during story hour. Is there anything that could possibly change her mind? Full color.

Publication date

May 13, 2008

Genre

Fiction

ISBN-13

9780763638436

Lexile Measure

460

Guided Reading Level

Publisher

Candlewick Press (MA)

BISAC categories

School Library Journal

PreS-K-Beatrice doesn't like books. The last place she wants to be is in the library, but her older brother has to complete a report on dinosaurs and she is in his care. Done in watercolor, ink, and pencil and featuring floppy-eared canine characters, the expressive illustrations perfectly capture the humor of the text. Beatrice's facial expressions are priceless as she repeatedly attempts to distract her brother from his work: she clings to him with adoring and overly exaggerated interest; she taps him on the shoulder and proclaims, "I'm bored"; and she holds his tail as she trails his every move. Finally reaching his limit, Henry drops Beatrice off in the storytime room. To her grudging amazement, her interest is piqued and she even laughs out loud when the librarian reads a story about a roller-skating mouse. When Henry is ready to go, he finds Beatrice sitting quietly in a big stuffed chair, totally absorbed in the book. This charming tale emphasizes the importance of finding the right book for the right reader.-Wanda Meyers-Hines, Ridgecrest Elementary School, Huntsville, AL (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publishers Weekly

A host of reissued titles are back to greet a new generation of readers. Laura Numeroff's Beatrice Doesn't Want To (1981) returns with new illustrations by Lynn Munsinger. In this tale, Henry must take his obstinate sister to the library as he works on a report. But during a storytelling session, the librarian manages to change Beatrice's mind about libraries and books, if not her overall disposition, made all the more credible by Munsinger's emotive artwork. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Laura Joffe Numeroff

More books like this

Beatrice Doesn't Want to

Purchase eWallet Credit