A review by calistareads
Ronan the Librarian by Becky Cattie, Tara Luebbe

4.0

This is a cute historical fiction for beginning readers. Ronan is a barbarian who leads his people in the best raids. One day, a chest he stole is full of books and he's not sure what to do with such junk. He sees a picture that gets his interest and then a sentence which leads to a paragraph and a chapter and before you know it he is hooked on a book. He begins reading all the books that the can and all his friends are worried about him. He is acting so strange and not himself. He builds a library and his kinsmen don't care, accept for the food.

There are cute ideas in here and it's funny. I can see kids laughing at all the little things in this story. I don't think it's the greatest thing ever, but I think it will appeal to many people. I like the scenery in the artwork. The people could use some more details, in my opinion.

I love that the book is about reading and stories. Ronan is funny and I love his gusto for the word.

Tara is putting out a 2nd book in the series so I think we are going to get more Ronan.