Neverending Book

$27.99 at The Getty Museum.

A runaway bestseller in Japan, The Neverending Book is both a standout illustrated fable and a love letter to books. 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 the whimsical, tender, and touching stories they’ve learned. Among them are: a book that runs faster than a cheetah, a pair of books that are identical twins, a diary shared by two children with painful secrets, a photo album left by…