Books by Dapo Adeola (illustrator)
“This is just a great book, because it has themes around dreaming, being what you can, what you want to be, dreaming big, having ambition and being excited about what’s important to you. Rocket, the main character, is excited about space and she engages with her community to try to get them all to come along to the park to look at the meteor shower.” Read more...
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library – Inspiring a Lifelong Love of Reading
Marion Gillooly, Librarian
Interviews where books by Dapo Adeola (illustrator) were recommended
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Sleep Tight Very Hungry Caterpillar
by world of Eric Carle -
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Families, Families, Families!
by Max Lang (illustrator) & Suzanne Lang -
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How to Be a Lion
by Ed Vere -
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Look Up!
by Dapo Adeola (illustrator) & Nathan Bryon -
5
You Choose Your Dreams: originally published as Just Imagine
by Nick Sharratt (illustrator) & Pippa Goodhart
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library – Inspiring a Lifelong Love of Reading, recommended by Marion Gillooly
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library – Inspiring a Lifelong Love of Reading, recommended by Marion Gillooly
Dolly Parton is an iconic singer and songwriter, but many children around the world know her as their librarian. Through the Imagination Library she nurtures a love of books in young children. Marion Gillooly, Executive Director, The Dollywood Foundation UK, talks us through the background of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library and highlights five of her favourite books in the catalogue (which she admits was really hard: “all the books are my favourites”).
