books and reading

A young girl gets distracted by African animals as she tries to read.

With the help of two animal fishermen, a young winged lion learns to read, to love books, and to fly properly.

"Dita Kraus grew up in Prague in an intellectual, middle-class Jewish family. She went to school, played with her friends, and never thought of herself as being different--until the advent of the Holocaust. Torn from her home, Dita was sent to Auschwitz with her family. From her time in the children's block of Auschwitz to her liberation from the camps on into her adulthood, Dita's powerful memoir sheds light on an incredible life--one that is delayed no longer"--Book jacket.

Rhyming text and illustrations of animals reading offer advice on how to take care of a library book.

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.

Seventh-grader Timothy July and his new friend Abigail try to break a curse that is causing them and others to be tormented by their greatest fears brought to life.

A formidable librarian makes readers not only out of the once resistant residents of her small town, but out of a tough-talking, television-watching motorcycle gang as well.

During her second summer at camp, Grace tries to balance her enthusiasm for fun activities with her promise to her parents to read two books.

On a book boat on the Erie Canal in the 1800s, Jessie spots a used copy of The Swiss Family Robinson, then works very hard all week to earn the money he needs to buy it.

Annie and Henry join the summer reading club at the library, and vow to be "Book Bugs" for life.