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Thirteen poems that encourage young readers to snuggle up with a story and stretch their imaginations, to splash in a sea of tales by day and swashbuckle through chapters late at night.

". . . historian Fr?d?ric Barbier provides an important new economic, political and social analysis of the first great 'media revolution' in the West: Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in the mid fifteenth century. In great detail and with a wealth of historical evidence . . . charts the developments in manuscript culture in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and shows how the steadily increasing need for written documents initiated the processes of change which culminated with Gutenberg."--Provided by publisher.

Despite the availability of the Internet, the library is still an important place for research. Through clear text and full-color photographs, readers will learn how to conduct research in the library and the media center, as well as how to make the best use of their time.

"This examination of banned books across U.S. history examines the motivations and effects of censorship, shows us how our view of right and wrong has evolved over the years, and helps readers to understand the tremendous importance of books and films in our society"--Provided by publisher.

Presents a variation on the classic rhyme about an old lady who swallowed some books, a pen, a pencil case, a ruler, a folder, some chalk, and a bag!.

Nine-year-old investigator Lottie and her friends must find the missing scroll of Alexandria to prevent the British Museum's money-hungry Head Curator from selling valuable books to the highest bidder.

"A book sits abandoned on a living room shelf. While the Blossburn family happily gets on with other things, like watching TV and playing video games, the book aches to be read. At last the book can't take it any longer. Slowly it starts to swell ... then it starts to leak!"--Back cover.

A wordless story in which a little boy finds an abandoned red book on the side of the road which opens a window to a another world.

A fourth grader fights back when From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg is challenged by a well-meaning parent and taken off the shelves of her school library. Amy Anne is shy and soft-spoken, but don't mess with her when it comes to her favorite book in the whole world.