I’m going back in time this week. I have a few new books to review, but my daughter has spent the week insisting I read an old favourite each night.
Meet Prue Theroux, the school librarian. The cool librarian.
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Prue Theroux: the cool librarian / Gillian Rubinstein and David Mackintosh
(Red Fox, 2001 – reprinted 2010)
Miss Prue Theroux is the school librarian (spoiler alert!). And she makes books and reading fun.
She knows how to do anything and everything. She can make a chocolate cake. She knows the names of the football teams. She even dresses up on school dress-up days!
But when Miss Prue Theroux gets the flu, a substitute teacher comes instead. And he is much less fun.
We love this book. I like that it lists other fabulous books (in rhyme, no less!) as Miss Theroux hands out titles to the children and teachers, and that its rhythm varies without being difficult to find each time. My (four-and-a-half-year-old) daughter likes the illustrations, and she loves that reading is considered cool at Numbat Gully Primary School.
She also enjoys finding new words that need explaining. Rediscovering this book has added the words nook, bloodshot, aplomb and dunce to her vocabulary. (And exterminate, but fortunately that hasn’t come up in public yet.)
Recommended for children aged three and up, but those in the early school years will probably be able to relate best. You can buy Prue Theroux: the cool librarian from Booktopia here.
Have you read Prue Theroux: the cool librarian? What did you think?
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No we haven’t read that one. It looks really fun. I’ll have to seek it out at the library. I love those books that throw in a few harder words. It’s great for opening up discussion. x
We love it! And another Rubinstein/Mackintosh gem titled ‘Sharon, Keep Your Hair On’. Always on the lookout for more Rubinstein.
I love a good picture book, and a book about books is even better. Thanks for sharing this one.
Pleasure! I hope you find it and enjoy it!
Looks like a great book! Love the illustrations
Leanne @ Deep Fried Fruit
They’re great – we find something new in the illustrations every time we read it.
This is definitely one that’s going to get snapped up by librarians!! x
I hope so! And I hope they’re as cool as Miss Prue.
I don’t think my girls have read that one. I’m purchasing books for my nieces and nephews for birthdays this year, so I will be casing your blog for suggestions.
Oh great! I hope you find lots to share with them. Thanks, Raychael. x
Thanks for sharing this Em – we haven’t read it, but I’m sure my girls would love it! Anything that puts a quirky spin on the school experience is usually a hit. And actually they do have a pretty fun school librarian so they should relate well.
A pleasure! Sounds like it’s sure to resonate.
Ooh, this looks like fun. Thanks for sharing! For some reason it reminds me of one of our favourites – The Queen With The Wobbly Bottom x
And now I’ll be looking up The Queen with the Wobbly Bottom! Thanks Bele.