books and reading

"A young reader introduces a boy to the many imaginative worlds that books bring to life"--OCLC.

"Oskar and and his bear Theodore must save the day when an angry monster barges into the library...and thinks it's an all-you-can-eat buffet!"--.

Twelve-year-old Patrick leaves Belfast, and his schoolwork, to be a steward on the Titanic, but when a wealthy passenger arranges to tutor him, Patrick finds himself in association with thieves.

This is a classic tale of a boy's rite of passage, dramatically heightened by the terrifying struggle the boy, Natty Dunston, must undergo at the hands of his tyrannical father.

Sharing her father's gift of power to bring fictional characters to life, Meggie wants to send the villain Capricorn back between the pages where he belongs.

"Andy and Terry are once again inviting readers to come hang out with them in their astonishing 39-story treehouse (it used to be 13 stories, then 26 stories, but they keep expanding). And this year they will have even more time to jump on the world's highest trampoline, toast marshmallows in an active volcano, swim in the chocolate waterfall, pet baby dinosaurs, and go head-to-trunk with the Trunkinator, since Terry has created the greatest invention that he-or anyone else-has ever invented . . . a Once-upon-a-time machine that will write and illustrate their entire book for them!"--OCLC.

Sixteen-year-old Ash is counting down the days before she and her mother move away from their hometown until she finds herself drawn into the enchanted world of an untouched library on the outskirts of town inhabited by a mute named Li.

When a new book arrives at the library with a secret code written inside, Derek, with the help of his friends, follows the clues from one novel to the next and makes a discovery that may help him get past a terrible loss.

"Goofy has goofed again. He accidentally made all the stories disappear from the Clubhouse library. The only way to get them back is to go to the Land of Fairy Tales and find the gold storybook."--OCLC.

Nate and his dog Sludge help Rosamond discover who has been tearing pages out of her books.