A child adamantly refuses to read a book, regardless of the increasingly outrageous circumstances that might occur.

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.

A little boy who wants to read his book keeps being distracted by a tiger who is busy chomping on gum, growling, and practicing karate kicks.

Now in fourth grade, Victor, the daydreamer with a reputation as a bad student who hates to read, secretly reads all the time.

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

After finally getting her first library card, Arthur's little sister D.W. tries to check out her favorite book, with humorous results.

Continuing her magical adventures, Fern travels with Howard to an underground city to save the Anybodies from the horrible Blue Queen, who sucks the souls out of books.

Tyrone loves school, but he does not like to read, until one day, while his teacher is reading aloud, more than words come out of the book.

When Lola's favorite book is not on the library's shelf, her older brother, Charlie, tries to find another book she will enjoy.

A donkey is curious about the book a monkey is reading, and wonders why it does not text, tweet, scroll, or blog, and why monkey enjoys the book so much even though it cannot do any of these things.