Twelve-year-old storybook character Gracie Freeman lives in the real world but longs to discover what happened in the story she came from.

When a girl starts reading a strange book someone left on a bus, she suddenly finds herself inside its pages, where the Librarian shows her how to avoid the poisonous letters and other dangers.

A young bear who is fascinated by the mysterious marks he sees on paper finds a friend when a kind woman reads to him.

When fifth-grader Trip Kindleman, who does not like to read very much, is hit on the head by a heavy box and becomes a character in a series of different books--from a sports story to a science fiction novel to an adventure tale--his view of reading is changed forever.

Max, who loves to read, discovers all the services available to him during a visit to the library.

Jeanie literally escapes into the pages of a fantasy novel when she accidentally makes a wish in front of her friend and genie-in-training Willow.

Meg and Ben's mother draws a map to help them find what she needs in the grocery store for their grandfather's birthday party.

Jack writes a letter to the Librarian because he needs help. His brother has been eaten by a book!

"When a mysterious little free library (guarded by a large orange cat) appears overnight in the small town of Martinville, eleven-year-old Evan plucks two weathered books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to change. Evan and his best friend Rafe quickly discover a link between one of the old books and a long-ago event that none of the grown-ups want to talk about. The two boys start asking questions whose answers will transform...

Three of the Librarian's pages are trapped in the Wordsmith's fortress maze, the Diction Aerie--can the Librarian save them and still return in time to protect the Library?