The lives of four young people in different circumstances are changed by their encounters with books. Four humorous, poignant stories about how b

To teach his daughter the value of books, a father leads a growing crowd in search of the tree where the bees keep all their honey.

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.

Elizabeth Brown loves to read more than anything else, but when her collection of books grows and grows, she must make a change in her life.

A circular tale in which each new book character is reading about the next, beginning and ending with Charlie Cook.

While helping his family in their work as migrant laborers far from their home, Tomás finds an entire world to explore in the books at the local

Henley hates to read, so his homework assignment to bring in his favorite book seems an impossible challenge--until his mother shows him a box of

Louie becomes angry when the story in which he appears is ruined by messes from jelly, peanut butter, and other things that do not belong in book

Middle schooler Charlie Joe is proud of his success at avoiding reading, but eventually his schemes go too far.

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

Franklin the dragon loves stories and loves reading stories to people too, but everyone is too scared to even talk to him. One day, he meets a gi

After painstakingly handcrafting a replacement copy of a library book, a medieval monk tries to protect it from a hungry bear with a taste for li