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.

Reading together is a constant through the years in the relationship between this loving father and daughter.

It is August of 1963, the year of the Taylor/Burton film epic Cleopatra, showcasing a passion too grand to be contained on the movie screen. The women of the Kalyna Beach cottage community gather for gin and gossip, trading the current racy bestsellers among themselves as they seek a brief escape from the predictable rhythms of children and chores. But dramatic change is coming this summer as innocence falters and the desire for change reaches a boiling...

When Lola's favorite book is not on the library's shelf, her older brother, Charlie, tries to find another book she will enjoy.

Nine-year-old Booker works with his father and brother at the saltworks but dreams of the day when he'll be able to read.

A dark tale of America's dysfunctional coming years, and of the timeless and tender feelings that just might bring us back from the brink.

Henry the mouse likes everything about first grade except reading, but with some extra help at school and home, he is delightfully surprised.

A bad case of hiccups in the library leads to a series of outlandish experiences and a set of rules related to library books, hippopotamuses, and little sisters.

Told in rhyming text young dinosaurs learn to read, but only after many mishaps, like chewing their books and throwing them at the cat--but eventually they learn to respect their books, and treat them properly.

The school lunch lady, a secret crime fighter, sets out to stop a group of librarians bent on destroying a shipment of video games, while a group of students known as the Breakfast Bunch provides back-up.