If you ever want to bring a circus to the library, don't!

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The third book in the bestselling Magnolia Says Don't! series, which started with If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don't! , is another loud and cautionary tale of what not to do--this time, at the library!

If you see a poster that says "You Can Do Anything at the Library!", it is NOT giving you permission to put on a circus! But Magnolia doesn't see any problem with setting up her own big top. She's got a lot of gusto and one mean human cannonball routine. So what if her greatest show on Earth won't fit between the bookshelves? Elise Parsley's boldly expressive illustrations perfectly complement this mostly- librarian-approved guide on how to be everything BUT quiet in the library!

Author Notes

Elise Parsley studied drawing and creative writing at Minnesota State University at Moorhead. She is an author and illustrator of children's books. Her books include If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don't! and If You Ever Want to Bring a Piano to the Beach, Don't!

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (3)

School Library Journal Review

PreS-Gr 2-You can do anything at the library. Seeing this message on a poster has given Magnolia an idea: she will bring a circus to the library! Will the child upset the librarian and the patrons with her circus? Will she entertain everyone or cause a commotion? As Magnolia performs acrobatics, she reminds her audience to hold their applause, because you can do anything at the library, except clap. Bright, fun illustrations convey the absurdity of her statements. Magnolia's circus includes a clown, pie throwing, concessions, and a human cannonball. Magnolia is mortified when her cannon is a dud and her audience gets antsy. Looking for a distraction, she grabs a book. Reading to the crowd does the trick. Her audience responds so positively to the story that Magnolia learns the power of a good read-aloud. She also discovers that a library is not a good place for a circus. VERDICT This enjoyable romp through the library with Magnolia will engage young readers and keep them looking forward to her next adventure.-Susan Small, Salve Regina University Library, Newport, RI © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Kirkus Review

Quiet in the library? Not while Magnolia is in action!The irrepressible youngster previously brought an alligator to school and a piano to the beach. Now she is a circus master in the library. Smilingly, she informs the librarian, a white male, that she will follow all the appropriate rules of library behavior, but twirling, tightrope walking, and pie-in-the-face throwing unsurprisingly elicit noisy responses from the racially diverse group of children in the audience. (Black-haired Magnolia herself appears to be Asian.) Alas, the cannon that is supposed to toss her is a dud, resulting in a very loud chorus of boos. How to win back the audience? Read aloud from that action-packed thriller The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Smiling faces return, but soon astonishment takes over as the cannon finally does its jobwith Magnolia and the others having to realign shelves and pick up all the fallen books. So the lesson is learned: a circus in the library is "way too noisy." Parsley's tale is good fun to read aloud, and the second-person narrative will have listeners immediately caught up in the action. The round-faced children are quite expressive, and the custom typeface embellishes the drama by becoming a dramatic and eye-popping element of the page design. Librarians will love sharing this story, maybe. Their listeners will love hearing it, definitely. (Picture book. 4-8) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Booklist Review

As in If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don't! (2015) and If You Ever Want to Bring a Piano to the Beach, Don't! (2016), spunky little Magnolia continues to push rules to the limit and offer not-so-useful, but always entertaining, advice in her latest outing. Taking the You Can Do Anything at the Library poster literally, Magnolia dons ringmaster attire and rides her toy train, laden with circus props, into her library's storytime. There she sets up her show and wows the crowd with acrobatics, a high-wire routine, and a clown act, but Magnolia has to get creative when her human cannonball trick hits a snag. The instructional narration, which often contrasts with the scene depicted in the illustrations, creates humor as more and more things join the list of things you can't do in a library: clap, cheer, hand out concessions. Though the ultimate conclusion is that circuses aren't library-appropriate, the story offers a fun way to address proper library behavior without ignoring the joy books can bring.--Smith, Julia Copyright 2017 Booklist

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