It’s raining outside.

‘A perfect day to read,’ decided Violet.

Violet has a LOT of books! She begins to search through her books in her bedroom. But she’s read them all.

‘I wish our town had a library.’

She decides to write a letter. She addresses it to the Mayor of her town, asking if they could have a library with lots of children’s books to borrow.

Back to her search, she scours the house. Aha! There’s one. No one will miss that one, thinks Violet.

Pleased to have finally found a new book, Violet doesn’t realise the chain of events that will kick off after choosing that particular book!

What follows includes a cat with a tummy-ache, a puddle where it shouldn’t be and letters lost off a balcony. But maybe, one letter might just find its way to the right place.

This bright, fun picture book is perfect for all young book lovers or any who have sent a wish out into the world. One Book Was All It Took to change an entire community, through a parade of flow on events via a missed bus, a vet visit and a hole in a roof.

This story would be a great way to spark imaginations about consequences – as in…’What if….?’

Author – Wenda Shurety

Illustrator – Amy Calautti

Picture Book

(2022, Exisle Publishing, EK Books, Reading, Library, Mayor, Animals, Cat, Consequences, Flow on effects, Library, Wish)