B is for Bookworm: A Library Alphabet Book

I really enjoyed this, but I am especially interested in libraries, books, and history. As far as a child picking up this book and reading it, I suspect it's more likely to be for schoolwork than for pure pleasure. Also, much of the information presented will most likely be known by many children old enough to want to read this, or have it read to them, but almost everyone will learn some things; I did. And, this book is definitely working as a recruiting tool to entice more readers to become librarians, and I might have been inspired had I read it when I was a child.

This is part of a series of informational "alphabet books" and this one is about libraries. Each letter has a 4 line long poem and then additional information on the page(s).

My Goodreads friend Abigail might have a twitching fit were she to read this book, given that A includes information about Aesop, the "scholar" "who wrote many fables." Thanks to Abigail, I realized immediately that there might be some misinformation in this book. But, most of the information is most likely correct and much of it is interesting.

Just to give a flavor for what's included: A is for Author, B is for Bookworm, C is for Library Card, D is for Dewey, E is for Early Books, F is for Fact and Fiction, G is for Gutenberg, H is for Historic, I is for Illustrations, J is for Juvenile Books, K is for Knowing, L is for Library of Congress, M is for Media Center, N is for Call Number, O is for Online, P is for Presidential Libraries, Q is for Quest, R is for Reference, S is for Storytelling, T is for Traveling Libraries, U is for Useful parts of a book, V is for Vocabulary, W is for Winner, X is for Xylograph, Y is for Yellow, Z is for Zestful. There are 2 pages at the end with additional facts and, while all are interesting, all the information could have probably been easily included in the A-Z pages.

The illustrations fit really well with the book's content.