"An aged, near-blind, book-loving king sends two of his subjects out into the world to learn about unusual and magical books. One year later, they return to tell their stories. Imaginative and playful, The Neverending Book leads you through many different books, in the tradition of If On a Winter's Night a Traveler. A book that makes the sound of turning pages fractionally too early, infuriating its readers; a diary shared by two children with painful secrets; a photo album left by a dying father for when his daughter gets married . . . From the comically irreverent to the heart-rending to the heart-warming, The Neverending Book delves into all that a book can be, forming an enchanting compendium that reveals the ways in which we interact with books, and the importance they hold in our hearts--all told through the tale of two subjects gathering stories about books for their blind, book-loving king"-- Provided by publisher.