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“and the little librarian and her three assistant owls helped each and every one find a perfect book.”

The Midnight Library is a very cute book about a little girl who runs a library for animals during the night. Her assistants are owls and throughout the book she solves problems and creates solutions. This book was only so-so for me because although I found it to be intriguing I didn‘t find much of a teaching moment or deeper meaning.

The Midnight Library uses only purple, yellow, and black to create their images. This creates a nighttime and almost spooky feel. This allows for readers to see the pictures in a very simplistic format. This book never seems to use straight lines within their drawings. Even the book shelves seem to twist and turn on the page creating a very dynamic image.

Every night, animals came to the library from all over the town. And the little librarian and her three assistant owls helped each and every one find a perfect book.

This is nice picture book that has that night time feel in the pictures but is still happy and bright. I would use this book to talk about what a library is for and to start the conversation about finding a book that is a good fit.

Picturebook. In The Midnight Library by Kazuno Kohara the use of light and dark or value plays a big rule. The book is entirely illustrated in the colors yellow, blue, and black. Yellow acts as the light color to contrast to two darker colors of blue and black. The use of this color combination gives it that midnight feel while still being bright.

“They read the book together until gradually the wolf began to smile.“

I think this would be a wonderful introductory book into talking about how the library serves for different purposes. For example, the squirrels wanted to practice different songs, so the librarian took them to the activity room so it would not disturb the other animals in the library. Another example happened when the fox was read a sad story, so the librarian took the fox to the read aloud area to read together.

The setting takes place during the night time, so the illustrator used the colors orange, black, and purple to reflect some darker, more ominous colors as well. For visual effects, the illustrator drew the characters as outlines and placed them strategically throughout the story. It talked about the different portions of a library and how they serve for different purposes.

#MagicalMay Day 17: Fats‘ review: “Kohara‘s The #Midnight Library makes for a great bedtime story. It‘s perfect for kids ages 3-6. The book nurtures children‘s love for reading. It also gives a short background on different services that a library offers such as providing an activity room, hosting story times, and encouraging people to get a library card!” Full review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-cxL

I got to read some picture books to a room full of enthusiastic four-year-olds today and it was the best! I was expecting to read one or maybe two but here are the four books I ended up reading. 😻

My library, all lit up last winter. @bookriot #riotgrams #locallibrary

This week has been LONG and tiring. My husband‘s been out of town all week (just got back today) and our library had a levy on the ballot which meant a day at the polls for me (it passed! Yay!)

Now I hope to catch up on #RomBkLove posts so sorry in advance if I post a lot! 😬

Such a cute book! The story of the little librarian and her critter customers in the Midnight Library 📚🌜 #childrenslibrary #cardiffcentrallibrary #bunnies #critters

So adorable #mydreamcometrue

Library love done right.

A library only open at night...with a librarian with three assistant owls! 😀

Looking forward to reading this!