books

Benjamin's father is a poet whose house is filled with books, so when Benjamin decides he wants to build a castle in the courtyard, he uses his father's books instead of stones.

A magic book sends Rachel and Kirsty to the Land of Sweets, where the Indigo Fairy might meet them, after evil Jack Frost sends the seven Rainbow Fairy sisters far away from Fairyland. Presented in Chinese and English. Contains audio CD.

Defines the various parts of a book--title page, index, copyright, etc.--and discusses the origin of books.

"Sixth-grader Spencer Lemon has no idea why he was chosen to protect "Pandora's Book," a book that contains famous dead people who can be brought back to life. Soon he discovers there are other people interested in the book, people who may have evil intentions, and it's up to Spencer and his friends to protect the book and save the world"--OCLC.

When a place in a book called Happy World becomes just too perfect and sweet for a tiger named Knuckle and a bear named Potty, they decide the only way to get out is to erase it.

In a society in which books are outlawed, Guy Montag, a regimented fireman in charge of burning the forbidden volumes, meets a revolutionary school teacher who dares to read, but when he becomes a hunted fugitive, Montag is forced to make a choice between personal safety and intellectual freedom. Presented in Spanish.

Theo Vilmos is convinced his life can't get much worse, until he finds an old letter from his grandmother's brother, which leads him to a mysterious old book that opens the door to the adventure of a lifetime.

Shares the story of how John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath," published to much acclaim in April 1939, became the target of censors in Kern County, California, where the book was publicly burned and banned from schools and libraries.

Presents two of Alice Walker's short stories and part of "A Color Purple" with discussion on how they have been the subject of removal from tests, school libraries, and school curricula in the United States.

The Library Forces, a group formed to help libraries protect their collections from government attempts to get rid of books it deems unsuitable, sends in a temporary replacement for the director of the Kanto Library Base who has become ill, but when Iku and her roommate Asako discover books are missing, they must figure out whether the substitute director is working with the enemy.