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bickie's review
2.0
Cute book to use with fractured fairy tales and introducing the Dewey Decimal System.
I like how the thesaurus word wizard uses synonyms for stopping and how the book titles near the end allude to the usual ending to the fairy tale as well as other stories ("What animals will eat cookies, cakes, and bon-bons," "54 Hungry wolves," "Cookies at a high altitude," "Mammals that eat cookies," "If you give a fox a ginger snap").
People who make appearances in the biography section are Abe Lincoln, Harriet Tubman, Amelia Earhart, and Jesse Owens. Other biographies on the shelves include Moore, [B]eethoven, Sendak, Eleanor, Presl[ey], Susan B Anthony, Santa Claus, Alcott, and Ms. Hepburn.
I wish that the Arctic fox did not come from 998 - that is history and geography of polar regions, not fauna. Arctic fox belongs with other mammals in the 599s in most libraries. :-(
Otherwise, a clever, fun book.
Librarian presents as white, with a bun and glasses.
I like how the thesaurus word wizard uses synonyms for stopping and how the book titles near the end allude to the usual ending to the fairy tale as well as other stories ("What animals will eat cookies, cakes, and bon-bons," "54 Hungry wolves," "Cookies at a high altitude," "Mammals that eat cookies," "If you give a fox a ginger snap").
People who make appearances in the biography section are Abe Lincoln, Harriet Tubman, Amelia Earhart, and Jesse Owens. Other biographies on the shelves include Moore, [B]eethoven, Sendak, Eleanor, Presl[ey], Susan B Anthony, Santa Claus, Alcott, and Ms. Hepburn.
I wish that the Arctic fox did not come from 998 - that is history and geography of polar regions, not fauna. Arctic fox belongs with other mammals in the 599s in most libraries. :-(
Otherwise, a clever, fun book.
Librarian presents as white, with a bun and glasses.
beths0103's review
3.0
A somewhat halfhearted introduction to the Dewey Decimal System. You don't really learn anything about the system from reading this book. It's just a conversation starter to begin a lesson on what the system is.
jennifermreads's review
5.0
The gingerbread man lives at 398.2. He escapes his book and races along the shelves past many other book characters. But what will happen when he reaches the last shelf?
I saw this book on my Goodreads feed β and I thank whoever it was that read it and put it on my radar! What a wonderful introduction to the Dewey Decimal Classifications. This is quite a fun story and would be a great read-aloud. After all, βIt is particularly hard to outsmart a librarian.β
I saw this book on my Goodreads feed β and I thank whoever it was that read it and put it on my radar! What a wonderful introduction to the Dewey Decimal Classifications. This is quite a fun story and would be a great read-aloud. After all, βIt is particularly hard to outsmart a librarian.β
timelord10's review
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
We read this to the kids at the elementary school we work at, and along with the book, we have a stuffed Gingerbread Man named Gingy that escapes this book and hides in the library. The kids have to look for him, but they're not allowed to tell me or the other librarian where he is, or he'll move. The goal is to catch him before Christmas break, or he'll make a mess in the library while we're gone.
jessiek04's review
5.0
This is a cute story and a fun way to learn a little bit about the library. :)
amandabock's review
3.0
Surprisingly not horrible! The illustrations were mostly accurate in terms of the books in the different section of the library, although some did make me wonder. I'll be interested to see how the kids respond to it; so many of our classes study the Gingerbread Man story, I think they'll like it.
mzrachelsuperlibarian's review
5.0
As a librarian myself, I loved the dewey numbers, clever jokes and comments from the different characters, and of course the twist ending.