Books Aren't for Eating
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
How can Leopold, goat and bookstore owner, find the perfect book for a fellow goat—one the visitor will enjoy reading, not munching? Leopold the goat owns a delightful bookstore, and he has a talent for matching his customers with the ideal book—an adventure story for the girl in the rain boots, a novel about gnomes for the man who loves to laugh, and a book of birds for the woman in the feathered hat. But one day, another goat arrives and proceeds to eat every book Leopold offers. Can Leopold find just the right one to tempt this reluctant reader? This funny, charming tale of the transformative power of books is a celebration of that first special story that sparks a child’s love of reading.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A caprine bookseller communicates literature's creative and conceptual value to a book-hungry shopper in this playful tale for bibliophiles. Leopold, a bespectacled white billy goat, loves cozy sweaters and the written word. He's also fond of making selections for customers—"each fit its reader snugly and warmly, like a sweater." His curatorial instincts falter, however, when another buck wanders into the shop in search of titles to chomp. "This is going on your bill," says Leopold, pictured waving a half-eaten tome through the shop window. A suggestion inspired by Leopold's own book-munching days turns things around, and concluding vignettes show the hungry patron metaphorically "filling up" on stories. Employing gouache and digital techniques, Montoya uses earthy tones to craft warm scenes of various creatures browsing the shelves. Ages 4–8.
