Answer:
Take off my skin I won't cry but you will. What am I?
I am needed for most animals and hardcover books
The more you take away from me the bigger I shall get.
The more it dries the wetter it gets. What is it?
Glittering points that downward thrust. Sparkling spears that never rust. What am I?
It flows out of the soil, It burns you if it boils, And holds us in its coils, More valuable than gold, As black as it is old.