books and reading

In a dark house, Andrew gets scared while reading a spooky book in which a girl is reading a spooky book in a scary house.

An anthology of poems about the joys of books and reading. Includes selections by David McCord, Karla Kuskin, Myra Cohn Livingston, and Jack Prelutsky.

When a new book arrives at the library with a secret code written inside, Derek, with the help of his friends, follows the clues from one novel to the next and makes a discovery that may help him get past a terrible loss.

As soon as twelve-year-old Steve Brixton opens a detective office in his backyard, he and his best friend Dana are caught up in a tangle of cases, from breaking up a ring of piratical smugglers, to recovering a stolen surfboard, to tracking down a fifth-grader's missing gym shorts.

As a small child, Aeslin Finn was introduced to the fantasy world of Avalon through a book called The Avalon Chronicles. Now, as a teenager, Aeslin stumbles upon the chance to return, quite literally, to Avalon, when she purchases Once in a Blue Moon, the sequel to the story from her childhood.

Twelve-year-old Rose Bliss wants to work magic in her family's bakery as her parents do, but when they are called away and Rose and her siblings are left in charge, the magic goes awry and a beautiful stranger tries to talk Rose into giving her the Bliss Cookery Booke.

Twelve-year-old Max and his allies risk much as they seek to acquire the Book of Origins, an artifact of unimaginable power, in hopes of halting the ancient evil that is bringing the world to its knees.

Collection of over 150 poems about libraries, librarians, patrons, friends of the library, and books written by a twenty-year veteran of the library profession.

Ten short stories in which the lives of young people in different circumstances are changed by their encounters with books.

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.