The Adventures of Oliver

Oliver is a very curious little boy who is taken to the library by his father and asked to find a book and read it while his father is occupied. He wanders around till he has an encounter with a Thesonasaurus; a small creature called Roget Thesaurus. The small lizard-like Roget who is out exercising some words, reveals a magical door through which Oliver catches a glimpse of Biblios the strangest of towns; a world of words where all the buildings are in the shape of books, large tomes, small diaries, notebooks, scrolls, tablets and parchments - in fact everything that has ever been written on, and where the trees are shaped like pencils or quills. He desperately wants to follow Roget the small Saurus through the little blue door but is told that he cannot enter as permission must first be granted by the Word Warden, the person in charge of Biblios. The Thesonasaurus promises Oliver to ask the Word Warden's permission for him to enter the following day. On his way home Oliver convinces his father to take him back to the library the next day. He is very excited about his encounter and tells his friends all about his impending adventure; they naturally want to go with him. Oliver goes back to the library and finds the little blue door and is granted permission to enter the strange world of Biblios. He meets Athelstan Bodley Caxton the Word Warden who agrees to allow Oliver's friends to come with him on his next visit. Oliver spends some time in Biblios where he meets some strange people and visits some unusual places. A few days later the children; Lena, Tommy and Oliver and Lena's doll Rose are taken to the library and begin their rite of passage in Biblios. The experience will change their lives forever as they are introduced to books, the world of literature and the importance of words and language. They visit all the wondrous places, the hospital for words, the school for words, the police station etc., and meet the strange characters who inhabit these places and who run the town of Biblios. The children eventually form very close ties with some of the characters; The Bobby of Biblios; PC Peel, the Headmisress; Wilhelmina Primm, the Word Warden; Athelstan Bodley Caxton, the Professor; Sigmund von Rötshcopf, and many more. By the time they return home from their incredible adventure the children have undergone a profound change and have become champions of literacy and correct speaking.