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The Librarian from the Black Lagoon

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This book made me laugh a loud. The librarian laminates kids who talk. For story time she reads the card catalog. It's cute and funny!

The Librarian for the Black Lagoon is one of many books in a series that teach kids not to be afraid of something they have not experienced simply because they've heard scary rumours from other kids. Other books by Mike Thaler and Jared Lee (illustrator) in this from black lagoon series include, teacher, principal, gym teacher and school nurse. Obviously most kids will have been to a library by the time they are old enough to read picture books and even before that not too many are afraid of libraries but it does highlight to kids how silly it is to be scared of something they don't know and to believe stupid rumours which they can use to think about other stuff they may be scared of. Also useful in comparing to eating healthy foods they've never tried but think are gross and things like this.

Basic plot is the main character finds out his class has an excursion to visit the library. Himself and the other kids have been told probably by older kids (the source is never revealed) that really strict rules apply at the library, it is a terrible boring place and if they disobey the librarian or library assistant they will be laminated, electrocuted and other terrible things. Of course when they go to the library they are in for a big surprise.

The illustrations by Jared Lee are very basic but very well done and actually make the book funnier than the text alone.

this book is about a class of children that have been told stories about the librarian. That she is a really mean person and has every book bolted down and puts clue on the chairs so they don't wiggle, but when they accually get their they find out that she is really nice.

I think that this is a good book, because the kids in the book get an entirely different concept on what the librarian is like before they even go to the library. They think that she is a very mean person, and that she never lets them do anything, like check out the books. But in the end, they go to the library, and they find out that she is actually nice, and they begin to like her.

The things I love about it are: the book is funny and the pictures are funny.

My sister is a librarian, so I got this for her, and so she can add it to the grade school's collection. Everyone laughed at the title!

What really goes on behind the doors of a public school library? Find out in this hard hitting, fact filled report.

Just kidding. I laughed all the way through. The pictures are funny, the text is funny, the book is funny.

These book series are exteremly funny,but I think The Librarian is the best.I am still renting these books,because it is halarious

Being a children's librarian myself, I know all the stereotypes of the profession. I especially laughed at the part about the books being bolted to the shelf to keep them in order. This was a humorous book and I intend to use it for a storytime during National Library Month.

Excellent book... our family enjoys all mike thaylers books. You can't go wrong. They are funny without being crude and very re-readable...which is nice because i can't tell you the number of times i've never seen books picked up again.