Washoe County Library System

"From actor-author-broadcaster-comedian-filmmaker Richard Ayoade comes a book narrated by . . . a book. Quirky, smart, and genre-busting, this is the saga of a book that nobody wants to read—until the day it meets YOU. The life of a book isn’t easy, especially when people judge you by your cover (not every book can be adorned with sparkly unicorns!). And this narrator should know—it’s the book itself, and it has a lot of opinions. It gets...

Left in the care of his older sister, a boy begs her to read his favorite book but she is too absorbed in her own reading even to notice when a tiger comes to life in the steam from his soup.

"Once there was a library that only opened at night. Step inside and meet the little librarian and her three assistant owls"--

A friendly scarecrow with a suitcase encourages a young child to read, and together they explore such classics as "Moby Dick" and "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Told in rhyming verse.

Simple text, featuring the consonant B, describes how Ben, Billy, and Uncle Bob build a birdhouse.

A little boy who wants to read his book keeps being distracted by a tiger who is busy chomping on gum, growling, and practicing karate kicks.

"Oskar and and his bear Theodore must save the day when an angry monster barges into the library...and thinks it's an all-you-can-eat buffet!"--

"A cat figures out how to continue interacting with his boy as he grows older and his reading habits change"--

Bunny loves reading so much that he begins sneaking into the library at night to borrow books, and soon his friends want to join him.

Moose, terribly eager to play his part in the alphabet book his friend Zebra is putting together, then awfully disappointed when his letter passes, behaves rather badly until Zebra finds a spot for him.