Boko Breaks the Rules!

By Chris Young and Kenny Estrella

Being a true lover, I was inspired to write a story of Boko after observing the way in which people in waiting rooms, airports, and trains unwittingly mistreat their magazines and particularly books. During Bokos travels, he experiences being hurt many times, and by weaving these things into his story, I hope that readers will be reminded to value and respects their books throughout their lives.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Jul 12, 2012
• ISBN: 9781466936720

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© Copyright 2012 Chris Young.

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ISBN: 978-1-4669-3673-7 (sc)

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Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter One

Boko was a book, he sat in his usual position on the third shelf, in the children’s section, of the local library. Today he was feeling miserable, he looked around at some of his neighbors who were in a much better condition than he was.

I suppose I should be grateful that most of the children like me he said to Big Book, but do wish they would treat me more kindly.

Big Book sat next Boko and was still shiny and not at all worn, he was full of big letters and pictures showing how to make toys from folded paper.

Look at me said Boko I’m really shabby, my jacket is torn, some of the corners of my pages are folded over and I even have colored pencil marks on me. I wish I could tell them not to do those things to me.

Big book looked at his friend and felt sorry for him The children who read you are quite young and don’t understand that we have feelings. he said.

Boko thought about this and then said "I’ve a good mind to say something the next time I’m taken off the shelf’.

Big Book gasped, You know that’s against the rules he said, "suppose someone hears you?’

I don’t care said Boko I’m tired of being hurt.

A little later when the library opened its big wooden doors Boko could see that it was a rainy day. Grown ups were coming in with wet umbrellas which they carefully placed in the stand provided so that the drips wouldn’t make the old wooden floor wet and slippery. The grown ups seemed happy to wander along the shelves picking out copies of stories by their favorite authors and browsing the titles of the new best sellers. Boko watched as an older lady picked out a copy of a cook book and took it to one of the tables which were placed in the center of the library. She sat down on one of the comfortable