The Library

This is a funny, heartwarming story about a quirky woman with a not-so-peculiar obsession. Cheers for Elizabeth Brown, a true patron of the arts.--"School Library Journal." Full color.

Husband and wife duo Sarah Stewart and David Small have worked together on several picture books including The Friend and The Gardener, a Caldecott Honor book available from Square Fish. Ms. Stewart is an avid gardener and Mr. Small spends his time illustrating other children’s books, such as the 2001 Caldecott Medal winner So You Want to Be President?, by Judith St. George, and his latest book, When Dinosaurs Came with Everything, by Elise Broach.

“Reading has never looked quite so delicious.”—Booklist
“A story told in witty rhyme, about a bookish Elizabeth Brown, who . . . takes her greatest pleasures in life from her literary treats . . . This is a funny, heartwarming story about a quirky woman with a not-so-peculiar obsession. Cheers for Elizabeth Brown, a true patron of the arts.”—School Library Journal
“The author and illustrator have created [a] strong, independent, iconoclastic heroine . . . The illustrations of glorious piles of more and more books and of happy, red-headed Elizabeth Brown and a friend reading by the fire . . . depict the acme of utter bliss for bibliomaniacs.”—The Horn Book Magazine
“A joy to look at.”—The New York Times Book Review