books and reading

Aunt Chip saves the town of Triple Creek, where everyone has forgotten how to read because of the invasion of television.

Riley, a Manic Pixie Dream Boy, lives in Trope Town, where he makes a living appearing as a side character in novels; until he and his fellow manic pixies must ban together to save themselves from retirement.

One week after arriving on Scream Street, Luke Watson and his friends are even more determined to find the second relic--a vial of witch's blood--but first they must deal with the loss of the vampires' vital blood supply and then save their neighbors from vampire sewer rats.

After finally getting her first library card, Arthur's little sister D.W. tries to check out her favorite book, with humorous results.

"This . . . alphabet book... Wait, that's not right. This original fairy tale... Nope. Mystery? Joke book? Superhero story? Pirate adventure? This . . . mash-up features every kind of character found in the picture-book universe--all in one book. Just when the reader is convinced the story is going in one direction, it spins off in another"--OCLC.

"For all the books they have written, Andy is the narrator and Terry is the illustrator, but when Terry tries to narrate too, the story goes out of control and they must evade the Story Police, who want to arrest them for crimes against storytelling"--OCLC.

When Amy Lennox and her mother move from Germany to Scotland to live in her mother's childhood home of Lennox House on Stormsay Island, Amy begins to learn to use her powers as a book jumper. Her grandmother, Lady Mairead, insists that Amy and Will ?Macalister, another book jumper, must read the books of the house, jumping into their stories by magic, in order to stop a mysterious thief who has been stealing ideas from the books. The stakes are raised when it appears this thief may also be after Amy's life.

A group of kids are excited to spend a fun night at a lock-in at Mr. Lemoncello's newly opened library. However, the event is quite literal--now they will have to band together to find a way out before it is too late.

Explores the benefits adults can get out of rereading beloved American children's book classics, from fairy tales to "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," exploring the backstories of each children's book writer and offering insights to how they created their stories and characters.

When Franklin Middle School's sixth grade class visits the public library, Sam, Egg, Gum, and Cat investigate scratching noises and a book series that is always on hold but never checked out.