Books about Books and Libraries

What would you do if a lion walked into Bella Vista's Library and stayed for a while? Some students said they would be scared, jump up onto a top shelf and hide, others would pet the lion, or ride it. This book, Library Lion is about a lion who visits the library. The head librarian, Miss Merriweather will allow him to stay as long as he keeps the rules!

Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen, Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes

For Kindergarteners through Third Graders

Published in 2006 and a New York Times Best Seller.

5 Star Rating. One of my favorite children's books.

4th through 6th Graders

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

The first book in a trilogy.

The second book is Inkspell

and the final book is Inkdeath.

"Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father Mo, a bookbinder, can "read" fictional characters to life when an evil ruler named Capricorn, freed from the novel "Inkheart" years earlier, tries to force Mo to release an immortal monster from the story." Destiny Quest
A favorite book series for Bella Vista teachers and students a like, for years!

Western Books - Yee Haa!

Are You A Horse? By Andy Rash

Kindergarten - 2nd Grade

Roy receives a saddle for his birthday, and sets out in search of a horse to use it on.

Emily's Fortune by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

3rd - 6th Grade

While traveling to her aunt's home in Redbud by train and stagecoach, quiet young

Emily and her turtle, Rufus, team up with Jackson, fellow orphan and troublemaker

extraordinaire, to outsmart mean Uncle Victor, who is after Emily's inheritance.