books and reading

Presents an illustrated collection of fifteen poems about the joy of books and reading.

Mr. Topple's third grade class prepares for the arrival of author Harry Bookman, with unexpected results.

Yearning for life in a cloistered scriptorium, thirteen-year-old Princess Matilda, whose lame foot brings fear of the evil eye, escapes her scheming cousin Ivo and joins her servant Judith and an old friend, Parz, in hunting dragons and writing about them.

Dubbed a "reluctant reader" by his teacher, twelve-year-old Derek spends summer vacation learning important lessons even though he does not complete his summer reading list.

Throughout the day, Baby Bear finds a book to fit every special moment.

Members of the Library Secret Service explain the V.O.G.s, or Very Official Guidelines, for the care of library books, such as do not let a baby drool on your library books, do not take library books in the rain or the bathtub, and do not use your library book as a tissue or napkin.

Amelia Bedelia and her class take a trip to the library.

The Jellybeans--four friends who have different strengths and talents--work together to make their book reports a success and to promote a love of reading.

As a third-grader who hates to read unwillingly looks at a book, the characters come alive and interest him so much that he really begins to care about them, and begins turning the pages...

When a girl starts reading a strange book someone left on a bus, she suddenly finds herself inside its pages, where the Librarian shows her how to avoid the poisonous letters and other dangers.