The World that Loved Books

Published by Simply Read Books
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

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About The Book

In this, the Era of the technology books have become a rarity as not much people reads but what happens when you find a book that changes you? 

In the world where all creatures read, marvelous transformations occur. Cats reading about mice become mice. Horses reading about fish become fish. Even a rhinoceros that reads about butterflies becomes butterflies. Illustrated with colorful, intricately detailed collages, this fable about how books can change us in marvelous and unexpected ways has captured the imaginations of many children and adults around the world.

About The Author

Stephen Parlato was born in 1954 in Levitown, Long Island, New York. He graduated from the Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture in 1976. He was awarded a scholarship to the Maryland Institute’s Hoffberger School of Graduate Painting, studying under renowned painter, Grace Hartigan. He is the subject of a documentary film by well known filmmaker Exul Van Helden and has been interviewed by Oprah Winfrey for his unique teaching methods with specially gifted inner city high school students. He also works professionally as a counsellor with mentally challanged young adults. Parlato lives in Baltimore, Marlyland.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Simply Read Books (October 20, 2026)
  • Length: 32 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781772291162
  • Ages: 4 - 99

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