Lola at the Library, by Anna McQuinn

We received Lola at the Library recently as a gift.  I'd seen this book around and been a bit resistant to picking it up; honestly - it looked a bit boring.  But my son and I loved it!  Lola's trip to the library mirrors ours in many important ways and nearly every page lead to a discussion about how our trips to the library are either the same or different.  Lola (a young black girl) returns all her library books every week, but my son likes to hold on to his favorite ones for many, many, many weeks (our library has a liberal renewal policy).  Lola and her mom walk to the library, but we usually take the bus.  We also get a snack at the library (though not every week)!  The second we finished reading my son asked to read the book a second, then a third time.  At 4, he's probably at the upper age range of this book - but it's one I expect we'll be reading a lot.

I can't vouch for them, but it looks like the same author/illustrator pairing has come out with several books about Lola and her little brother Leo.

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