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I love this odd little story about a librarian who gets her TV addicted town to read. This was in 1997 before all the smart phone/TV came into being.

Lil was a tough and wildly imaginative girl who grew up reading the encyclopedias after finishing off all the children’s books. She got so strong lifting the entire set at once when she checked them out (nevermind that you can’t check out encyclopedias). One night a storm hits and knocks out peoples TV. Lil puts a book in each persons hands and gets them hooked on reading. The show down is with a biker gang that comes to town and they don’t like books. So they try and intimidate Lil and Lil gets to show them a thing or 2. Wouldn’t you know that Lil gets those tough boys reading.

It’s a funny story and I love the sentiment here in these pages. The bikers are funny and seeing funny Lil is wonderful. It’s the perfect sort of whimsical story. The artwork is fine,

The nephew and I giggled our way through this. He thought that Lil and how silly she was when she read reminded him of me. She was a bit looney. He thought Lil tossing bikes around was funny and he laughed at the ending with Bust-‘em-up Bill in the library telling stories. He liked the humor here. He gave it 4 stars.