Everyone should have a library of books. Books are magical things. They open the door to exciting adventures, new ideas, fun, laughter, tears and joy. I remember as a child, turning the pages of large, full colour books on fairy tales. I was too young to read but I loved the pictures. I always felt a tingling excitement, seeing new pictures as I carefully turned the pages. Every night, my mother or father would read to me and the stories would come alive in my mind. I loved bedtime for this reason. I would snuggle with my mother or father and listen to the stories of princesses, bears, frogs or wicked witches. The love for books that began then has continued to grow. In school, my friends and I would borrow storybooks from the library, read them feverishly all night and then return them the next day for fresh books. Soon, Enid Blyton’s "The Famous Five," "The Secret Seven" and "The Naughtiest Girl Series," gave way to "Robinson Crusoe," "The Count of Monte Cristo" and other classics. We devoured the books and often discussed the characters. As we grew older, my friends and I began to read "Mills and Boon" books secretly. They had to be read secretly for the teachers in our school forbade us from reading love stories. How we loved the beautiful heroines and handsome heroes. We dreamed of meeting such heroes in real life but we never did! Books open up our minds to the worlds beyond our ordinary lives. Our world is broadened and our senses get sharpened. We learn to use new words for our vocabulary leaps and grows. Books spark our imagination and creativity. We learn to look at our lives in a new way. At the same time, books help us to understand the world we live in. As teenagers, we sometimes feel utterly confused, strange and irritable. We feel no one understands us and that our feelings are unique to us. However when we read books for teenagers, we realize teens all over the world grapple with the same problems. It makes us feel be