by Linda Hayward Illustrations by Carol Nicklaus THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK I Am a Book I Am a Book by Linda Hayward Illustrations by Carol Nicklaus J Millbrook Press Minneapolis For Mallarie, Travis, Mahealani, Dylan, and Nikolai Copyright © 2006 by Linda Hayward Illustrations copyright © 2006 by Carol Nicklaus Reading Consultant: Lea M. McGee, Ed.D. Silly Millies and the Silly Millies logo are trademarks of Lerner Publishing Group. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise— without the prior written permission of Millbrook Press, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review. Millbrook Press A division of Lerner Publishing Group 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55401 U.S.A. Website address: www.lernerbooks.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hayward, Linda. I am a book / Linda Hayward ; illustrations by Carol Nicklaus. p. cm.—(Silly Millies) Summary: Describes how a book is created, manufactured, and distributed. eISBN-10: 0-8225-6358-4 1. Books—Juvenile literature. 2. Book industries and trade—Juvenile literature. 3. Printing-—Juvenile literature. [1. Books. 2. Book industries and trade. 3. Printing.] I. Nicklaus, Carol, ill. II. Title. III. Series. Z116.A2 H38 2006 002—dc21 2002014846 Manufactured in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 — DP — 11 10 09 08 07 06 I Am a Book I am a book. I was made to be read. But here I am, stuck on a shelf with a bunch of other books. 4 How is anyone going to find me? I want to have my pages turned. I want to be read from cover to cover. 5 I am easy to get to know. Just look at the picture on my front cover. It shows that there is a funny story inside. a IA Bo m ok I am made of lots of pages. 6 Pages Back Cover Spine Front Cover I have two covers— one in front and on