Suggests a method of reading that begins with planting oneself beneath a tree and leads to a book party one hopes will never end.

"Mr. Lemoncello holds a contest for his young friends where they must race to bring interesting facts back to his library"--

"Dog loves his books so much that he can't put them down long enough to go to bed! His friends help him count his way to sleep"--

Animal readers give rhyming advice on how to take care of a library book.

Labeled scenes from a young giraffe's life--at home, at the market, in the park, and at the library--offer opportunities to learn new words.

Spencer loves books and reads one every night, sometimes aloud, then puts the book back in its place, but one morning his favorite book is missing, and the next day another, each replaced by a different object.

Any story that starts will also end. As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth in these wise essays that afford a fresh and intimate look into her mind and heart. At the center of These Precious Days is the title essay, a surprising and moving meditation on an unexpected friendship that explores "what it means to be seen, to find someone...

Poppleton the pig makes a friend, reads a library book about adventure, and helps a sick friend get better.

The inspirational tale of eight women who defied the confines of life in revolutionary Iran through the joy and power of literature.