When Bad Kitty won't play with him, Poor Puppy has to amuse himself with an alphabetical list of toys and dreams of playing in an alphabetical list of countries.

"Klaus the mouse is always hungry but nothing he eats seems to satisfy him. That is, until he stumbles across a bookstore and starts to nimble some pages of a book! For the first time he feels full... full of stories! The bookseller and the mouse make a pact: she will read him stories and he will help her in the bookstore. After hearing one particular tale, Klaus gets an idea that will fill the store with girls and boys and mice, all hungry for stories."--Provided...

"A fourth grader fights back when From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg is challenged by a well-meaning parent and taken off the shelves of her school library. Amy Anne is shy and soft-spoken, but don't mess with her when it comes to her favorite book in the whole world. Amy Anne and her lieutenants wage a battle for the books that will make you laugh and pump your fists as they start a secret banned books locker...

This book is about a book. A magical red book without any words. When you turn the pages you'll experience a new kind of adventure through the power of story. In illustrations of rare detail and surprise, The Red Book crosses oceans and continents to deliver one girl into a new world of possibility, where a friend she's never met is waiting. And as with the best of books, at the conclusion of the story, the journey is not over.

"Alice can go anywhere in the magical pages of her favorite book. So when it flaps its pages and invites her in, she is swept away to a world of wonder and adventure. But at the end of her imaginative journey, she yearns for the place she loves best of all."-- Front jacket flap.

When Book was new, it had many exciting adventures but over time, it leaves the library less and less often until, at last, it is given away and begins again.

A bookstore fire seems suspiciously like the plot of a bestselling author's mystery stories.

Encourages the reader to shake, tilt, and wiggle the book to remove the little monster inside, but once it is out, another problem arises.

Curious George heads to a bookstore where his favorite author is signing books, but while waiting in line, he decides to browse and organize some open boxes.

Illustrations and easy-to-read text celebrate the connection between diverse readers of all ages and the books they enjoy.