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The Island of Dr. Libris

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The Island of Dr. Libris

By: Chris Grabenstein
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
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New from the author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library and coauthor of the I Funny series with James Patterson! Celebrate the power of imagination with this action-packed New York Times best seller that shows that sometimes the real story starts after you close the book!

What if your favorite characters came to life? Billy’s spending the summer in a lakeside cabin that belongs to the mysterious Dr. Libris. But something strange is going on. Besides the security cameras everywhere, there’s Dr. Libris’s private bookcase. Whenever Billy opens the books inside, he can hear sounds coming from the island in the middle of the lake. The clash of swords. The twang of arrows. Sometimes he can even feel the ground shaking. It’s almost as if the stories he’s reading are coming to life! But that’s impossible...isn’t it?

©2015 Chris Grabenstein (P)2015 Listening Library
Action & Adventure Books & Libraries Education & Learning Family Life Fantasy & Magic Fiction Growing Up Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction Mysteries Mystery & Suspense Science Fiction & Fantasy Social & Life Skills Fantasy Funny
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Critic reviews

"Chris Grabenstein gleefully plunders great works of literature for his cast of secondary characters...a madcap mash-up that 8-to-12 year olds will want to devour in big gulps." (The Wall Street Journal)

"Grabenstein follows up his best-selling Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library (2013) with another playful title paying homage to classic works of literature. Effortlessly readable and a whole lot of fun." (Booklist Reviews)

"Kids will enjoy the cartoonish mayhem, especially given Grabenstein's breezy narrative voice and jaunty wit...as in "Lemoncello", there is a winning generosity and sweetness to the story's telling." (The New York Times)

Engaging Storyline • Creative Plot • Fantastic Narration • Imaginative Literary Connections • Complex Hero
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Creative way to include classic stories we all know and love. Great characters that we want to cheer for.

Imaginative

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This delightful take was an interesting way to get children to read the classics of everyone's youth, yet forgotten by many kids today.

A cute and Clever way to get kids to read

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Captures the imagination and never let's go! the characters were incredible and the story flowed so smooth. Twists and turns led to a great ending. Astounding author, my son's favorite, and one of mine as well!

Phenomenal - highly recommend!

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Great book. Whole family enjoyed it. I would Highly recommend it. It was a very fun story.

Great book

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Love how the book includes classic literature that kids might have heard of but never thought to read.., and will want to after listening to this story. We see friendship, parents having trouble, bullies and much more. Think this would appeal to boys since main characters are boys, but girls will like also. Love how one's imagination can get one into situations that require quick thinking. Highly recommend audio.

Really like this for older elementary students

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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Absolutely yes! As a teacher, I am in love with this book. This novel uses other novels story lines as escape tools! My kids wanted to read the other books mentioned in this book as soon as we were finished. The creativity and depth to connect the elements in this plot line were astounding.

What did you like best about this story?

How well thought out the plot was. Each element connected to each other perfectly and it became a giant puzzle you were racing to solve.

Any additional comments?

This author has another book Escape From Lemonchello's Library that was equally if not slightly more enchanting and engaging than this one.

Creative and captivating!

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The Island of Dr. Libris help our attention the whole time! Every one of our kids begged me to keep driving so they could keep listening!

Captivating

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Perfect book overall red perfect, and perfect book overall I love this book PERFECT PERFECT PERFECT

Perfect

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Well I really don’t like it 👎🏻
I like how they are really creative
I don’t like how they say bad words and actions
Over all they have good friend ships

The story line is cool 😎 😋😁 it’s fun yes but that is all

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I have read this book 7 times so I got it on audio! I advise you to read it.😊

amazing

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