Love in the Library

Love in the Library | Maggie Tokuda-Hall

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A based-on-true-events picture book about the author's grandparents meeting at an interment camp. A sweet story set in an awful location, the author focuses on hope, language, and love, leaving the horrors as vague concepts.

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Leftcoastzen

Love in the Library | Maggie Tokuda-Hall

#SchoolSpirit #Library a challenged book about two young people who meet and fall in love in a Japanese internment camp. It‘s a wonderful book .

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Perfect 🤩 4mo

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Matilda

Love in the Library | Maggie Tokuda-Hall

💙💙💙💙💙 1st picture book of 2024

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Bookfan1414

Love in the Library | Maggie Tokuda-Hall

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Sigh, a terrible story, a wonderful love. Full of hope and it made me cry. To be fair I was already crying from the previous book so it wasn‘t hard….

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amma-keep-reading

Love in the Library | Maggie Tokuda-Hall

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Somber but fitting due to current events...

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BarbaraJean

Love in the Library | Maggie Tokuda-Hall

so-so

#UnpopularOpinion, but this fell a little flat for me. It‘s a sweet story, with beautiful illustrations. The moment above was lovely. The Author‘s Note at the end is 🔥But I was expecting the story of two people finding love in a Japanese internment camp to have more development, more emotional impact in the end. Maybe I had too-high expectations, but I do think a picture book can and should have a strong story. And this was just so-so for me.

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Leftcoastzen

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A lovely book of people who find love under difficult circumstances. The part that Scholastic wants to edit out is in the author‘s note in the back , (see previous post ) I am very concerned where our country is headed . Found at my local indie , had to add it to the collection.

Bette Thanks for sharing this. I really never thought it would come to this. Makes me mad and sad. 2y

Leftcoastzen @Bette I‘m on the same page , mad & sad 2y

Smrloomis Thanks for the reminder! I‘ve been meaning to get a copy of this! 2y

Leftcoastzen @Smrloomis you are welcome! 2y

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Leftcoastzen

Love in the Library | Maggie Tokuda-Hall

😡 https://abc7news.com/education/bay-area-author-refuses-to-cut-racism-references-...

IndoorDame I‘m sad that publishers are jumping on this bandwagon too 2y

DogMomIrene What the hell Scholastic? 😡😡😡 is right! Even one emoji stronger! 🤬🤬🤬 Will need to buy this one! 2y

Leftcoastzen @DogMomIrene Candlewick published it originally in February of 22 , think this will get it some attention. 2y

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DogMomIrene @Leftcoastzen Amazon Canada says it‘s temporarily out of stock, so I‘ll have to wait to buy, but I‘m taking the out of stock as a good sign of good reader people buying left and right! 2y

Leftcoastzen @IndoorDame I‘m troubled by the fact they are not flexing their muscles a bit .I was a book sales rep & was very aware some books aren‘t right for some markets , it seemed publishers still supported difficult topics knowing the book would find it‘s audience. 2y

Leftcoastzen @DogMomIrene 👏👍 2y

Rissreads 😡 wtf! This is just wrong and scary! 2y

Aimeesue Is Scholastic a bit different than other publishers, though? They‘re pretty much THE school book sale vendor, so maybe Florida and especially Texas have them worried that they‘ll be tossed out of markets completely? I really have no idea, and I‘m not defending them by any means, just trying to figure out the thought process here. 🤔 2y

dabbe My friend and colleague at the high school I taught at just resigned (she was told to or she'd get fired) for having them (seniors btw) read something that was NOT on the district list! Never had ONE letter in her file for 22 years. ONE mistake = you're gone. Because my school has caused angst to the district before with the book SO YOU'VE BEEN PUBLICLY SHAMED, ironically enough. And they're afraid of the parents. #beyondangryatallofthisbullshit 2y

Leftcoastzen @Aimeesue yes & no . They have a retail presence at regular stores. I just never thought this world would get so ridiculous. I think it gets to be a slippery slope pretty fast , but I see your point. 2y

Leftcoastzen @dabbe that is beyond disgusting ! Is that here in Az? 2y

dabbe @Leftcoastzen Yes. Are you surprised? 😜 2y

BookNAround Did you see their response to the reporting? At least they‘ve acknowledged they were wrong to ask that of her and are now hoping to publish it without changes (the author hasn‘t given an indication if she‘ll allow that or not). 2y

Aimeesue @Leftcoastzen i mean, cowardly and WRONG, obviously, morally speaking, but I wonder how much economics comes into play? That has to be a consideration at some point, a Texas is a huge market, yes? Ugh. 2y

Tamra If my children were still of Scholastic age, I would make it known I would not purchase another book they publish. Put integrity above the bottom line on what would be a handful of books. 2y

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Sharpeipup

Love in the Library | Maggie Tokuda-Hall

“The miracle is in us…as long as we believe in change, in beauty, in hope.”

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mrp27

Love in the Library | Maggie Tokuda-Hall

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#savvysettings #library

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This children‘s story is set in a library at an internment camp and is based on the author‘s grandparents. A beautiful reminder that love and hope can bloom anywhere.

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Great find! 3y

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Librariana

Love in the Library | Maggie Tokuda-Hall

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

1. Two audiobooks: La Maestría del Amor (The Mastery of Love by Don Miguel Ruiz) and Personal Effects by Robert A. Jensen.

Four print books: American Decay (photography); Call Us What We Carry (poetry); Gender Queer (graphic novel, memoir); and The History of Love.

2. Prefer to place holds. A sample of some currently on my queue. Looking forward to the tagged title.

3. Feng Shui Modern.

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megnews

Love in the Library | Maggie Tokuda-Hall

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A picture book of the author‘s grandparents finding each other in a US internment camp for Japanese Americans during WWII. We need books that raise awareness about this topic as I didn‘t know about it until I was an adult. Perfect for every young classroom.

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JoyBlue

Love in the Library | Maggie Tokuda-Hall

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This children‘s picture book is based on the true story of the author‘s grandparents‘ meeting in a Japanese-American prison camp in Idaho. Publication is expected Tuesday. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#love-in-the-library

#NetGalley #DreamscapeMedia #LoveintheLibrary

EvieBee So glad you reviewed this! I‘m on the library hold list but hadn‘t read any reviews thus far. 3y

JoyBlue @EvieBee I hope we'll both enjoy the print book as soon as we can get our hands on it! 😃 3y

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