books

When Raina, the Gummy Fairy, cannot find the Fairy Code Book which containing all of Sugar Valley's important secrets, history, and recipes, she frantically enlists the Candy Fairies to help her find the book before it ends up in the wrong hands.

With twelve books for sale, and old beggar woman arrives at a magnificent city. The mayor laughs at her for suggesting that any place so prosperous would need books of wisdom.

Angus and Lucy love books. They have hundreds of them. Then one day, all the books are taken away, and Angus and Lucy discover they need books more than they ever imagined. A warm and moving celebration of books and the way in which they bring us all together.

A history of books, from clay tablet to e-reader and everything in between.

Some rabbits dream about lettuces and carrots, others dream of flowering meadows and juicy dandelions, but Ralfy dreams only of books. In fact, he doesn't just dream about them, he wants to read them all the time. Soon his obsession sends him spiralling into a life of crime!.

"A young boy searching the beach for treasure comes across a sailboat and pushes out to sea. Magically the boat becomes a book, and the little boy finds himself living out its adventure, pirate ship and all, far away in the fantastic world of words"--Dust jacket flap.

"One book. Two readers. A world of mystery, menace, and desire. A young woman picks up a book left behind by a stranger. Inside it are his margin notes, which reveal a reader entranced by the story and by its mysterious author. She responds with notes of her own, leaving the book for the stranger, and so begins an unlikely conversation that plunges them both into the unknown."--Slip cover.

Tells the story of Bleu Mobley, a controversial author serving time in prison for refusing to unmask a confidential source, as he reflects on his life growing up in a public housing project, becoming a journalist and novelist, and later as a prisoner. Contains excerpts and illustrations from 101 of Mobley's books interspersed throughout the narrative.

Presents articles and essays espousing opposing viewpoints on the issue of digitized media such as books and newspapers, and whether or not digital media is changing the way people read.