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Dog loves books so much that he decides to open a book store.

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.

Ordered by his parents to tame a dragon, a gentle knight who prefers reading to fighting arms himself with a book.

"In the tradition of Sarah Waters, Helene Wecker, and Jessie Burton, an atmospheric and mystery-laden historical novel set within a magical world where books are not stories but the repository of individual lives. Young Emmett Farmer is working in the fields when a strange letter arrives summoning him away from his family. He is to begin an apprenticeship as a Bookbinder--a vocation that arouses fear, superstition, and prejudice amongst their small...

Set against the backdrop of World War II, this unforgettable novel, inspired by the true story of the Council of Books in Wartime, follows three women whose fates become intertwined by their belief in the power and goodness in the written word to triumph over the very darkest moments of war. Berlin 1933. Following the success of her debut novel, American writer Althea James receives an invitation from Joseph Goebbels himself to participate in a culture...

A girl finds a book left on a bus and after reading a few pages, she becomes trapped inside the book itself and discovers that the letters are made with poisonous ink.

A strange and evil book comes to life, and the librarian comes to the rescue before more blood is spilled.

"When Tilly Nightingale receives a call telling her there's a birthday gift from her husband waiting for her at her local bookshop, it couldn't come as more of a shock. Partly because she can't remember the last time she read a book for pleasure. But mainly because Joe died five months ago.... When she goes to pick up the present, Alfie, the bookshop owner with kind eyes, explains the gift--twelve carefully chosen books with handwritten letters from...

Young readers are exhorted to read books anywhere and everywhere and in any situation, from being in France to lounging in their underpants, celebrating the power of the written word.

Bunny loves reading so much that he begins sneaking into the library at night to borrow books, and soon his friends want to join him.