Abstract: The covering includes a rectilinear sheet of material having top, bottom and side edges and handles laterally spaced from one another along a top edge of the sheet material. A bottom panel may be folded about a first foldline to overlie the sheet material and side panels are folded about second foldlines perpendicular to the first foldline to overlie the sheet material. Each side panel with an end portion of the folded bottom panel forms a pocket for receiving a corner of a book cover. By disposing the book covers into the pockets of the side sections, the covering not only covers the book but forms a carrier with the book being supported along the bottom foldline of the pockets when held by the handles.