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Four short stories about four young people in different circumstances and how their lives are changed by their encounters with books.

Fish and Snail live in books, and every day Snail waits for Fish to return from his explorations of other books to hear his stories. This time is different--this time Fish wants Snail to come with him, only Snail is too comfortable in his current book to leave. This could be the end of their friendship.

To see life out of the zoo, Sammy the seal explores the city, goes to school, and plays with the children but decides that there really is no place like home, in a story with material on the origins of books in the I Can Read series.

A lost albatross has trouble finding someone who can direct him to the ocean.

Text bubbles and activities invite readers to make connections and draw conclusions from the story about a young boy who cannot find his favorite book at bedtime and imagines the various creatures that might have taken it from him.

Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father Mo, a bookbinder, can "read" fictional characters to life when an evil ruler named Capricorn, freed from the novel "Inkheart" years earlier, tries to force Mo to release an immortal monster from the story.

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

Mama has said it is time for "Lights out! Sweet dreams! No more reading in bed," but her five little monkeys cannot resist reading just a few more books to one another.

Poppleton the pig moves from the city to a small town, where he makes new friends and spends Mondays reading adventure books in the library.

Kyle Keeley is the class clown, popular with most kids (if not the teachers), and an ardent fan of all games: board games, word games, and particularly video games. His hero, Luigi Lemoncello, the most notorious and creative gamemaker in the world, just so happens to be the genius behind the building of the new town library. Lucky Kyle wins a coveted spot to be one of the first 12 kids in the library for an overnight of fun, food, and lots and lots...