'Over the years in the world of children's picture books, the have been various odes to 'The book" as a treasured artifact, along with testimonies to the importance of libraries and the power of the act of reading. The book is a vessel of transportation to wondrous places in Look a Book! and takes two young readers on surprising journeys in Book. For ever-hungry Henry, the Incredible Book Eating Boy, books become tasty snacks and delicious meals, as he literally devours shelves of fact and fiction.' (Introduction)