A celebration of the many ways children interact with books. A celebration of books of all shapes and sizes introduces readers to the magical world that can be found within books and features endearing youngsters discovering the first wonders of the books in their world.

For one reader, going through a book is an incredible adventure.

Captain Barnacle Black Ear, baddest of the Buccaneer Bunnies, is ashamed of his book-loving son, Henry, until the day a great storm approaches.

A little girl named Alice opens on a book on a rainy day and travels around the world through its pages.

Upon learning that his class will not be going to the school book sale until the last half hour of the day, Dewey worries that all the best books will already be taken.

The King is away on royal business and since no one is as good as her dad at telling bedtime stories, the palace maid shows the Little Princess how to read to herself by using the palace library.

Encompassing fiction, poetry, science and science fiction, memoir, travel writing, biography, children's books, history, and more, 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die moves across cultures and through time to present an eclectic collection of titles, each described with the special enthusiasm readers summon when recommending a book to a friend.

Otto lives in a book in a house but when no one is looking he comes to life to read his favorite stories and practice his writing, until he is left behind and must set out in search of a new home.

Beloved author Anne Rockwell celebrates books, the love of reading, and of course, libraries, with a gorgeous new picture book about a child's first visit to the library! One day, a young boy visits the library for the very first time. While he's there he listens to stories, reads books and magazines, and learns that there are also movies, crafts, chess, and puppet shows--something for everyone! With simple, lyrical text and bright illustrations that...

Tyrone and his friends rule the school except for the library, which he thinks is boring until strange happenings during story hour change his mind.