Synopsis
Lola and her daddy love to go to the library together. Each night lola reads a story, and the next day she acts it out. She becomes.....a fairy princess, a pilot, a farmer, and a tiger!
What will Lola be next
Children's Literature
Lola, the perky young heroine of Lola at the Library, returns in another tale to support libraries and books. The very simple text in large type describes her Saturday trips to the library with her father; then what happens at home as he and her mother read her the stories in the books she has chosen. The day after each story, Monday through Friday, Lola's imagination takes her there. One day she is a princess. After a story about a journey, she takes her friends on "fantastic trips." Each tale leads Lola to a new related imaginary adventure with her friends or family. With acrylic paints, Beardshaw creates attractive but simplified images of youngsters and Lola's helpful parents. There are just enough props for the contexts: bookcases full of books in the library; a couple of animal toys to be passengers on an international journey; tools to fix the dollhouse. The family is African American; the story is universal. Reviewer: Ken Marantz and Sylvia Marantz