A little boy named Sam discovers the many unexpected ways in which a love of reading can come in handy, and sometimes even save the day.

The classic and definitive guide to reading comprehension for students of literature, scholars, and anyone who just loves to read. Written in 1940, How to Read a Book elucidates elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to speed reading and beyond. Readers will learn how to perceive structure no matter the prose, read critically, and extract authors' messages. Also included are specific reading techniques for particular...

A decade ago, Wolf's Proust and the Squid revealed what we know about how the brain learns to read and how reading changes the way we think and feel. Now that we are completely immersed in the internet and digital devices, our ways of processing language have altered dramatically. In a series of letters, Wolf describes her hopes and concerns about what is happening to the brain as it adapts to digital mediums, illuminating complex ideas with anecdotes...

"All it takes is the right book to turn a book hater into a book lover... That was what Elliott--the beloved co-owner of Over the Rainbow Bookstore--believed before his untimely passing. He always had the perfect book suggestion for the self-proclaimed Book Hater. Now, his grief-ridden business partner, Irma, has agreed to sell Over the Rainbow to condo developers. But others won't give up the bookstore without a fight. When Irma breaks the news to...

"Bookish high school student Rintaro Natsuki is about to close the secondhand bookstore he has inherited from his beloved bookworm grandfather. However, one day, a talking cat named Tiger appears and asks Rintaro to save books with him. Of course, "ask" is putting it politely -- Tiger is demanding Rintaro's help. The world is full of lonely books, left unread and unloved, and only Tiger and Rintaro can liberate them from their neglectful owners. And...