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once upon a time…..
“if you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. if you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” ― albert einstein
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we shouldn’t teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. – b. f....
loved walking around the neighborhood on this cool fall day and seeing a young child sitting all alone under a tree reading a book aloud happily lost in the magical world of her imagination — he...
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enjoying the children’s nook upstairs at the local bookstore.
today a little girl bought her own book with her own allowance money. “does she always spend her allowance money on books?” “every week,” her mom said. ********
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happy international children’s book day.
MATILDA WORMWOOD from roald dahl’s ‘matilda’. not that matilda is only interested in children’s books – before she even gets to school, she’s onto adult classics such as ernest hemingway’s ‘the old...
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big words.
she’s a big girl of 5 now and wants so desperately to read chapter books all by herself with lots and lots of pages no pictures no help flipping through the pages looking for familiar letters...
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books, the children of the brain. – jonathan swift
behold the golden tower. whoever enters shall do so at the risk and joy of gaining something they may never have imagined.Filed under: books, Life, reading Tagged: books, children, golden books,...
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why not do it?
Children at San Rufo elementary school in Salerno, southern Italy, are swapping plastic for books. A bookseller/cafe owner in southern Italy is offering free books to schoolchildren who bring him one...
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funny bits.
a quote from the wonderful matilda wormwood in honor of world book week. — credits: roald dahl – matilda, purple almond
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so old and wise.
About Why You Should Read Children’s Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise Katherine Rundell – Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and prize-winning author of five novels for children – explores...
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stack.
my next stack to climb. — “I will always find peace in rain and adventure in reading.” -viola cn
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book therapy.
a wonderful note during these challenging times, from our local library: ann arbor district library Today, you checked out 30,622 items from the AADL. Last Friday, that number was 5,067. NOW PLEASE,...
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merit.
so proud to be a member from way back of the ‘look it up club’ i was very shy and quiet but once i learned to read the world opened up to me i ‘mastered’ the encyclopedia and never stopped looking...
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never too.
reading, listening, drifting. — “you’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.” dr. seuss — credit: original oil painting by ColorChic, etsy
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nursery rhymes.
“read to your children all of the time novels and nursery rhymes autobiographies, even the newspaper it doesn’t matter; it’s quality time because once upon a time we grew up on stories in the voices...
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book fairies.
how sweet to find this book sitting outside on the window ledge of a downtown store on a sunny saturday just waiting for someone to pick it up and take it home to read. gratitude to the book...
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extraordinary.
rereading one of my favorite books well-worn/well-loved dr. zhivago sweeping epic set in russian history extraordinary characters extraordinary times pasternak a poet i would love for it to have a...
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alphabet soup.
i have always loved alphabets when i was young one of my favorite days ever was when i could finally decode the letters and read words i love alphabets created out of every imaginable material, and...
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summer reading.
(not me, just someone who also loves summer reading, but probably does not nod off like i do) — “here is this delicious book and the whole day, both yours.” the true pleasure or summer reading lies...
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