Stella Louella's Runaway Book - by Lisa Campbell Ernst

About the Book

Studious Stella Louella is frantic trying to find her missing library book and return it by the due date. She ends up visiting everyone in town, including the people at the fix-it shop and diner, the police officer, the scouts, and everyone in between. Full-color illustrations.

Book Synopsis

Join Stella Louella as she races through the streets of her town to find and return her missing library book before the due date.

Studious Stella Louella is frantically trying to find her missing library book, so she can return it before the due date passes.

Looking every place she can imagine, Stella ends up visiting everyone in town, from the people at the fix-it shop, the diner, the police station, the scouts, and each neighbor in between.

"From the start of this cheerful cumulative tale, Ernst gives youngsters crowded spreads chock-a-block with amusing particulars." - Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Lisa Campbell Ernst has written and illustrated many popular children's books, including The Turn-Around, Upside-Down Alphabet Book; Hannah Mae O'Hannigan's Wild West Show; Goldilocks Returns, her own version of "Little Red Riding Hood"; and Stella Louella's Runaway Book. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri, with her husband, Lee, and their two daughters, Elizabeth and Allison.