The act of sandwiching a bookmark between the pages of the book tells a story in itself. The bookmark is stuck halfway between the real world and the fictional world. Yuko Tokuda and Yumiko Komiya’s A Word Thief Bookmark is a miniature ladder that creates its own narrative popping out of the pages of your book. The story of the Word Thief is imprinted lightly on the flexible silicone Bookmark, and as you strain your eyes to make out the text, you’ll discover it’s written in Japanese. Fear not, the story is translated in English, German and French on the bookmark’s attractive sleeve (for storage). Molding the Bookmark out of silicone was no afterthought on the part of the designers; it allows a good amount of traction between it and the page to prevent the added drama of losing your place.