books and reading

A twelve-year-old boy, worried that his parents may divorce, discovers that an island in the middle of the lake where he is spending the summer is the testing grounds of the mysterious Dr. Libris, who may have invented a way to make the characters in books come alive.

Book is very happy when he is finally found by the perfect child, and delighted to become one of her favorite things, but the girl also loves her dog, Egg Cream, whose clumsiness, messiness, and drool threaten to ruin Book. Includes directions for making a book jacket.

A thief is prowling the Library of Doom, seeking the all important Vowel Stones, and it is up to the Iron Page to stop him before he gets to the I stone and the Library disappears.

A boy delivering a book to The Dark Angel bookstore finds a monster waiting for him, the Spine Tingler, a scorpion-like creature created from the spines of books, and only a librarian with a hardcover book can save him.

There is a book in the Library of Doom which contains only a single sentence, but when it is read, the reader vanishes into nothing, but now that book is creating havoc on a school bus, and it is up to the Blue Librarian to protect the children.

"In the final book of the Books of Beginning trilogy, Kate and Michael must help the magical world prepare for the final war against the Dire Magnus, while Emma must travel to find the final book--the Book of the Dead"--.

Henrietta is a reader and a writer, unusual traits for a chicken, but when her book is published and she is invited to the Children's Book Festival, only the local librarian believes she is the author.

Billy's wild imagination gets him into trouble at school, but a creative writing contest could be the perfect opportunity for him to shine.

"One book. Two readers. A world of mystery, menace, and desire. A young woman picks up a book left behind by a stranger. Inside it are his margin notes, which reveal a reader entranced by the story and by its mysterious author. She responds with notes of her own, leaving the book for the stranger, and so begins an unlikely conversation that plunges them both into the unknown."--Slip cover.

Presents articles and essays espousing opposing viewpoints on the issue of digitized media such as books and newspapers, and whether or not digital media is changing the way people read.