"When Dory's best friend learns to read before she does, Dory retreats into her wild imagination and finds herself in the middle of one of the babyish books she is struggling to read where she encounters imaginary friends and enemies"--

Alec, a sixth-grade bookworm always in trouble for reading instead of listening and participating in class, starts a book club, solely to have a place to read, and discovers that real life, although messy, can be as exciting as the stories in his favorite books.

Suggests a method of reading that begins with planting oneself beneath a tree and leads to a book party one hopes will never end.

When the mothers of four sixth-grade girls with very different personalities pressure them into forming a book club, they find, as they read and discuss "Little Women," that they have much more in common than they could have imagined.

"Stacey's favorite day of the week is Thursday, when the whole class goes to the library and she gets to lose herself in her beloved books. On one of these special days, Stacey discovers that a new student named Julie has trouble reading in English, so they begin sharing books and stories to practice. Soon, more students start to join them."

Henley hates to read, so his homework assignment to bring in his favorite book seems an impossible challenge--until his mother shows him a box of books he made himself when he was younger.

When Olaf stands in for the village librarian, he has big plans to bring in crowds of people.

"Rufus the Pig has already gone to school and sailed the seas. Now, for his third adventure, he reports for duty at the space center. But Commander Luna tells him, "No pigs in space!" But when Luna needs someone to read a book live from Mars, will Rufus finally blast off?"--Provided by publisher.

Frankie McGee's mother takes him to the public library, where she tries to persuade him to choose a book about cars, heliciptors, or anything else while he insists on yet another book about tractors.

As soon as twelve-year-old Steve Brixton opens a detective office in his backyard, he and his best friend Dana are caught up in a tangle of cases, from breaking up a ring of piratical smugglers, to recovering a stolen surfboard, to tracking down a fifth-grader's missing gym shorts.