Presents a narrative about an aged author who flees Nazi-occupied Poland, leaving his unpublished manuscript behind and a teenage girl in New York who was named after the heroine in Leo's book, which was published under a different man's name.

As six Californians get together to form a book club to discuss the novels of Jane Austen, their lives are turned upside down by troubled marriages, illicit affairs, changing relationships, and love.

"Monsieur Perdu calls himself a literary apothecary. From his floating bookstore in a barge on the Seine, he prescribes novels for the hardships of life. Using his intuitive feel for the exact book a reader needs, Perdu mends broken hearts and souls. The only person he can't seem to heal through literature is himself; he's still haunted by heartbreak after his great love disappeared. She left him with only a letter, which he has never opened. After...

A raccoon and his friends go to great lengths to make sure they will always have a library from which to borrow books.

Struggling to escape a trouble childhood, Morwenna found freedom and promise in the science fiction novels she read and played among the spirits who made their homes in Wales' industrial ruins. Forced into a confrontation with her mother who dabbled in magic, Morwenna fled to her father after her twin sister died. Eventually, she and her mother would meet again in a final battle.

At bedtime, a young boy who cannot find his favorite book imagines the various creatures that might have taken it from him.

Maisy goes to the library in search of a book about fish and a quiet place in which to read it.

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel - a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors. Includes readers' guide.

When twelve-year-old Owen finds that his nine-year-old cousin has a magic bookmark, he joins her when she enters different stories in hopes of finding a way to prevent their parents' upcoming marriage.

A boy and his pet dragon go to story time and take out books from the library.