How To Live Forever
Book lovers of all ages can take an enchanted journey through a labyrinthine fantasy library filled with every book ever written, where the shelves come alive at night, like teeming miniature cities. One night, a young boy who resides in a cookbook stumbles upon a long-lost file card for a book...
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Book lovers of all ages can take an enchanted journey through a labyrinthine fantasy library filled with every book ever written, where the shelves come alive at night, like teeming miniature cities. One night, a young boy who resides in a cookbook stumbles upon a long-lost file card for a book called "How to Live Forever" and sets off to find the missing volume. Thus begins a journey through mystifying literary mazes in Colin Thompson's tour de force of wit, wisdom, and boundless imagination.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099461814 (0099461811)
Publish date: March 5th 1998
Publisher: Red Fox
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
The plot didn't do much for me except for being book-related, but the beautiful, highly-detailed illustrations are worth a few rereads. I also loved the punned or made-up books titles depicted on the shelves. My favorites were:Advanced Cucumber StraighteningLord of the PiesMagritte Expectations (I'd...