books and reading

After being teased and heading into the woods, Calvin the starling's book knowledge and new glasses help him out.

"A seventeen-year-old girl jumps between the lines of books and into the white space where realities are created and destroyed--but who may herself be nothing more than a character written into being from an alternative universe"--Provided by publisher.

"Hippo is looking for a new book. She heads to the library and soon finds stories about knights, pirates, bears, superheroes, and more!"--Dust jacket.

When the new teacher, Miss Smith, reads to her class, Zack and his classmates are amazed to find that the storybook characters come to life.

Jerry the mouse pleads with the reader not to fill the bowl on the end pages with milk because the book is Tom the cat in disguise.

Twelve-year-old Kyle gets to stay overnight in the new town library, designed by his hero (the famous gamemaker Luigi Lemoncello), with other students but finds that come morning he must work with friends to solve puzzles in order to escape Kyle Keeley is the class clown and a huge fan of all games--board games, word games, and particularly video games. His hero, Luigi Lemoncello, the most notorious and creative gamemaker in the world, just so happens to be the genius behind the construction of the new town library. Lucky Kyle wins a coveted spot as one of twelve kids invited for an overnight sleepover in the library, hosted by Mr. Lemoncello and riddled with lots and lots of games. But when morning comes, the doors stay locked. Kyle and the other kids must solve every clue and figure out every secret puzzle to find the hidden escape route!.

Chronicles the invention and evolution of books, from the earliest cave writings to new directions in digital publishing. Includes color photographs throughout.

A boy's search for the perfect pet leads him to the bookstore, where he finds a bright red book that becomes his best friend.

A dramatization of Ray Bradbury's novel about a bookburning official in a future fascist state who finds out that books are a vital part of a culture he never knew and clandestinely pursues reading, until he is betrayed.