Conceived as a twentieth anniversary tribute to the Reading Is Fundamental Program, this book contains a varied collection of stories, poems, and drawings by some of America's most famous authors and artists of books for children, relating real and imaginary childhood memories that celebrate the joys of reading and the magic of children's literature. Following an introduction by Jim Trelease, selections in the book are (1) "I Met a Dragon Face to Face" (J. Prelutsky); (2) "The Secret Life of Katherine Clements Womeldorf" (K. Paterson); (3) a poem (M. B. Goffstein); (4) "Friends for Life" (J. Blume); (5) "Peter Pan, the Pilgrims, and a Cat" (J. Fritz); (6) "Picture People" (M. C. Livingston); (7) "Little Red Riding Hood" (T. S. Hyman); (8) excerpt from "Eyes of Darkness" (J. Hightower); (9) "The Making of Dreams" (E. Young); (10) "This Book Belongs to Me!" (A. Lobel); (11) a poem (Dr. Seuss); (12) "My Love Affair with the Alphabet" (N. Babbitt); (13) "Bears for Reading" (S. and J. Berenstain); (14) excerpt from "Ramona the Brave" (B. Cleary); (15) "A Tender Bridge" (A. Bryan); (16) "Worlds of My Own" (V. Hamilton); and (17) "It's Dark in Here" (S. Silverstein). Illustrations are by L. and D. Dillon, T. dePaola, M. Tomes, J. Marshall, A. Bryan, T. Tudor, B. H. Berger, S. Kellogg, and E. Gorey. (NKA)