{"id":257,"date":"2023-07-07T19:18:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T19:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/?p=257"},"modified":"2025-05-20T20:51:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T20:51:21","slug":"the-loud-librarian-by-jenna-beatrice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/?p=257","title":{"rendered":"The Loud Librarian by Jenna Beatrice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dr. Toughlove\u2019s July 2023 column is below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Queen Anne\u2019s Library Summer Reading Program is in full swing, so Dr. Toughlove thought it would be a fine time to review \u201cThe Loud Librarian\u201d. This 2023 picture book is written by Jenna Beatrice and is illustrated by Erika Lynne Jones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Penelope, the protagonist in \u201cThe Loud Librarian\u201d, has been selected to be the new student-librarian at her school. Penelope has been preparing for this opportunity for a long time. She has been alphabetizing food jars at home, pushing carts of laundry (that could just as easily be books) and making due date stickers. Penelope is friendly, helpful, a booklover and VERY LOUD! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jenna Beatrice portrays Penelope in all of her splendor \u2013 she is her lovable, unapologetic self. Erika Lynne Jones\u2019s brilliant illustrations serve to portray her personality, which is not necessarily compatible with a quiet library, to its fullest. Large font size and speech bubbles are used to accentuate Penelope\u2019s loud voice and boisterous persona. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Toughlove doesn\u2019t want to give the story away, but after wreaking havoc at the library, Penelope finds a way to use her talents to become a successful student-librarian. This book provides opportunities to talk to young children about how to solve problems in their own lives when they arise. Dr. Toughlove believes that one of the strengths of picture books is their ability to help empower youngster to see themselves as problem-solvers. This book is a stellar example of this phenomenon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Loud Librarian\u201d would make an excellent read aloud book, in part because of Penelope\u2019s boisterous voice. If you have any budding theatre performers in your midst, they would have a ball speaking in Penelope\u2019s LOUD voice. \u201cThe Loud Librarian\u201d is Jenna Beatrice\u2019s first picture book, and Dr. Toughlove suspects it won\u2019t be her last. \u201cThe Loud Librarian\u201d is appropriate for children aged 4-8 and is available at the Queen Anne\u2019s County Library.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Toughlove\u2019s July 2023 column is below. The Queen Anne\u2019s Library Summer Reading Program is in full swing, so Dr. Toughlove thought it would be a fine time to review \u201cThe Loud Librarian\u201d. This 2023 picture book is written by Jenna Beatrice and is illustrated by Erika Lynne Jones. Penelope, the protagonist in \u201cThe Loud […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=257"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":635,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions\/635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}