"When America entered World War II, we faced an enemy that had banned and burned over 100 million books. Outraged librarians launched a campaign to send donated books to American troops. Then the War Department joined the publishing industry in an extraordinary program: 120 million copies comprised of 1,200 different titles printed in small, lightweight paperbacks suitable to carry in pockets in and rucksacks."--Back cover.
As the Mother-Daughter Book Club reads Jane Eyre, the girls and some of their mothers are involved in some serious competitions, Becca finds romance when the Wyoming pen pals come for a visit, and a wedding brings the British Berkeley brothers and even Stinkerbelle to Concord.
When her father is lost at sea shortly after meeting a very unusual visitor, Alice must leave her home to live with an "uncle" whose rural Pennsylvania estate includes a massive and mysterious library that holds much more than books.
In this wordless story, a snowman is brought to life by some animals and a tall black hat one winter day. He falls asleep after reading his new friends a story until a bunny hops out of the hat and steals the book. Snowman and his friends have an adventure as they race after the bunny to get the book back, only to find a surprise at the end of their chase.
Duncan the Dragon loves to read books that fire up his imagination. Unfortunately, when his imagination gets on fire, so does Duncan's actual dragon-fire. He ends up burning every book he tries to read, and he has yet to read one to the end. Duncan decides to find a friend who loves books as much as he does to read for him.
As his mother reads him a bedtime story, Sammy repeatedly says, "Don't turn the page," since he knows the end of the story means it is bedtime, but his curiosity about the story may foil his plans to avoid sleep.
