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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Utterly me, Clarice Bean	Lauren Child	When someone steals the winner's trophy for the school book project, Clarice emulates her favorite book heroine, Ruby Redfort the detective.	OL120971W
Nightmare at the Book Fair	Dan Gutman	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 ficti…	OL14949841W
Voices	Ursula K. Le Guin	Young Memer takes on a pivotal role in freeing her war-torn homeland from its oppressive captors.	OL15056614W
Book girl and the suicidal mime	Mizuki Nomura	While attending their book club meetings, Japanese high schoolers, Konoha and Tohko, who is actually a literature-eating goblin in disguise, uncover a mystery surrounding the death of a former studen…	OL15082843W
Claw of the werewolf	Tommy Donbavand	With the sixth and final relic almost within his grasp, Luke learns something unexpected about the author who has been helping him in his quest to return with his terrified parents to his own world, …	OL15883087W
The emerald atlas	John Stephens,John Stephens	Kate, Michael, and Emma have passed from one orphanage to another in the ten years since their parents disappeared to protect them, but now they learn that they have special powers, a prophesied ques…	OL16010560W
The reader	Amy Hest	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.	OL16471229W
I hate to read!	Rita Marshall	"Victor Dickens hates to read--or so he tells his parents and teacher. But when he's alone one night, Victor discovers that words on a page can take him on unexpected adventures"--Provided by publish…	OL16645641W
Imaginalis	J. M. DeMatteis	Devastated that her favorite fantasy book series will not be completed, twelve-year-old Mehera discovers that only her belief, imagination, and courage will save the land of Imaginalis and its inhabi…	OL16993204W
A Child of Books	Sam Winston,Oliver Jeffers,Sam Winston	A little girl sails her raft across a sea of words, arriving at the house of a small boy and calling him away on an adventure. Through forests of fairy tales and across mountains of make-believe, the…	OL17588404W
Kelsey Green, reading queen	Claudia Mills	Kelsey is the best reader in her third grade class, and she is determined to lead her class to victory in the all-school reading contest.	OL17859799W
Tomás and the library lady	Pat Mora	While helping his family in their work as migrant laborers far from their home, Tomás finds an entire world to explore in the books at the local public library.	OL1864508W
Cave of the bookworms	Michael Dahl	One night, after awakening from a terrible dream, a young boy heads out on his bike. Soon he arrives at a mysterious cave, which he feels an urge explore. Inside, a giant, deadly worm has trapped the…	OL1878468W
Henry and the Crazed Chicken Pirates	Carolyn Crimi	When the Buccaneer Bunnies receive a note from an unknown enemy, Henry researches and writes a book called "Plan for Impending Danger from the Unknown Enemy Who Wrote the Scary Note," which helps him…	OL1925659W
The Snatchabook	Helen Docherty	The woodland animals of Burrow Down are ready for a bedtime story, but where are the books?	OL19664699W
My book box	Will Hillenbrand	A determined elephant creates his own book box and discovers all the magic and fun of books and reading.	OL1969629W
Bookstore Mouse	Peggy Christian	A mouse living in an antiquarian bookstore learns the true power of words when he literally falls into a medieval tale and helps defeat the dragon Censor.	OL1994844W
Dog loves fairy tales	Louise Yates	Dog loves books, and Dog especially loves books with fairy tales in. But this particular book of fairy tales has an unlucky imp inside. Dog must help his new friend by going deep into the Enchanted F…	OL20004517W
Emma, der Faun und das vergessene Buch	Mechthild Gläser	Als Emma beim Aufräumen in der Bibliothek ihres Internats ein altes Notizbuch findet, denkt sie zunächst, es wäre eine Art Chronik der Schule. Aber es ist genau umgekehrt: Alles, was man in dieses Bu…	OL20195002W
Forbidden Library	Django Wexler	Do you remember the first time you climbed into the wardrobe with Lucy and emerged in Narnia? Flew on the back of Falkor the Luck Dragon with Bastian? Followed Alice down the rabbit hole? Welcome to …	OL21085236W