Brief rhyming text and colorful illustrations tell what happens when parents and children share twenty minutes a day reading.

Gerald and Piggie discover the joy of being read, but what'll happen when the book ends?

What happens when the book gets it wrong? Max is not a cat-- Max is a dog! But much to his dismay, this book keeps instructing readers to "see the cat." How can Max get through to the book that he is a dog? In a trio of stories for beginning readers, author David LaRochelle introduces the excitable Max, who lets the book know in irresistibly emphatic dialogue that the text is not to his liking. Illustrator Mike Wohnoutka hilariously depicts the pup's...

Morris Lessmore loves words, stories and books, and after a tornado carries him to another land, dreary and colorless, he finds a single book in color that leads him to an amazing library where, he learns, the books need him as much as he needs them.

Told from the story's perspective, traces the evolution of storytelling from cave painting to the printing press to the digital technologies of today.

A monster tries to chomp any reader who wants to go past the first page of the book in order to keep his cakes safe.

Three mice guide readers on quest for a fun reading experience, with a reluctant Bruce as the star.

Emma, the daughter of poor migrant workers, longs to own a real book, and when she turns eight and must attend school for the first time, she is amazed to discover a whole library in her classroom.

In an age defined by hyperconnectivity and constant stimulation, Francine Prose makes a compelling case for the solitary act of reading and the great enjoyment it brings. This book includes selections culled from Prose's previous essays, reviews, and introductions, combined with new, never-before-published pieces that focus on her favorite works of fiction and nonfiction. Prose considers why the works of literary masters such as Mary Shelley, Charles...