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.

When the children go back to school, the animals on the farm are bored, so they go into the library in town trying to find something to do.

A boy and his dog hike to the top of a very tall, snowy hill where they play, enjoy a snack, and then share their favorite book before sledding home.

"When Delilah is united with Oliver, a prince literally taken from the pages of a fairytale, the line between what is on the page and what is possible is blurred, and all must be resolved for the two to live happily ever after"--

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

"In this book with no pictures, the reader has to say every silly word, no matter what"--

Polly and her friend Bed Rabbit have lots of books, but they don't know how to read, so Polly's parents interrupt their own reading for a bedtime story.

A boy's search for the perfect pet leads him to the bookstore, where he finds a bright red book that becomes his best friend.

In 1880, Noah's aunt teaches the reluctant nine-year-old how to read as they explore the Colorado prairie together, Noah pushing Aunt Dora in her wheelchair.

Brief rhyming text and colorful illustrations tell what happens when parents and children share twenty minutes a day reading.