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I would not write a book, But I have a friend over the sea Whom I have never seen, And who does not know that he is my friend. He lives in a house of baked yellow clay, So old now that it is brown as the leaves The wind drops upon it. When he climbs the hill behind his cottage, And sits with his back to a bare oak With twisted, futile branches, And looks out on the ocean That makes far, drowned birds of his dreams, I want him to hold my book, and with returning eyes Confess t

by Ruth Krauss You can write books about anything. For instance, fruits. The first page could be a banana and the second page could be an orange and the third could be cherries, and like that. If you can’t write yet, you could just draw. Then the book could be especially for someone who can’t read yet. Or you could write a book for someone who can read only one word. You could draw a horse on the first page and write HELLO, and the second page could be a bear and write HELLO,

Accordion pages Added pages Ancient gilded pages Annotated pages Answer pages Between pages Blank and printed pages alternating Blank pages Blank pages at the back of a book Blank pages for composing poems Blank pages ready for writing Board pages Bordered pages Bound pages Bright pages Cascading pages Certain pages Chapter marker pages Closing pages Cloth pages Collaged pages Coloured pages Consecutive pages Cut pages Cut-away pages Decorative title pages Drawn pages Driftin

badge of allegiance balancing act of form and content bearer of significance big enterprise A blueprint A book-like object A brilliant...

Books are silent. Books do not require hydro. Books do not interrupt. Books open easily — no switches or remotes. Books can be shut up...

Nobody wants to read a book. You’ve got to catch their eye with something exciting in the first paragraph, while they’re in the process...

The pleasure of reading them They inspire you You can borrow them for free, if you get them from the library You can buy them and keep...