Lulu Loves Stories
Lulu Loves Stories
Anna McQuinn
Alanna Books
ISBN 9780955199851
Librarian's Book choiceLibrarians and teachers are all too aware of the importance of having multicultural faces in books to reflect our multicultural population and all too aware that, unfortunately, many of these have been worthy and somewhat dull. With the wonderful Lulu books we have characters so exuberantly and joyously portrayed in words and pictures that the diversity is not what one first notices. If you have only just met Lulu you must also seek out Lulu Loves the Library, which you would expect a librarian to recommend, but this second outing is even better! We have a Dad being the carer and, more importantly, the book sharer, and we have Lulu being swept away by her imagination. Inspired by the books she loves, she can imagine herself anything from a fairy to a DIY expert. So we have positive role models for families, for girls and for all readers. Lulu can convince us all that books and stories are absolutely the best thing in the world. On a purely practical note I would also like to commend the publishers for the toddler proof quality of the book’s production and its perfect size for small hands to grasp.