2021
My sister recommended Moose's Book Bus to me, and it's pretty cute! It's sort of a fable about why, if public libraries and public education didn't exist, you'd want to invent them.
Moose tells his family a story every night, but eventually he's told all the stories he knows so many times that he wants something new. He goes to all his forest neighbors, but none of them have any story books. So he travels to the city to check out some library books there. Now story time is new and exciting, and his neighbors start showing up to listen. This is nice, but Moose's house is getting crowded.
So he goes back to the city library with a plan, and sets up a book bus that he can take back to the forest. His neighbors think this is nice, but they don't know how to read. So Moose teaches some of them, and some teach the others. Then they all start checking out library books from the book bus, to enjoy reading at home. They also still have communal story times at several houses, but now that they can all host, it doesn't get over-crowded like before.
Like I said, a cute little story about the importance of public services and civic involvement, and the drawings of forest animals are also very sweet.
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