“For in dreams we enter a world that is entirely our own.” [J. K. Rowling] I invite you, dear reader, to muse with me: Why is it, as grown-up readers, we long for backstories, prequels, character bios, and author explanations? Why is it that simply reading a book is not enough? There is a…
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Lights. Camera. Read. (Part Two)
“We have an obligation to read aloud to our children.” [Neil Gaiman] If you are tuning in to this post, please note that this is a part two to my post on Sunday. Please click here to catch up! This past month I read Holes by Louis Sachar to our summer campers….
The Invention of Dreams
“If you are a dreamer, come in…” [Shel Silverstein] Back in April I started this blog to give myself some sort of platform to profess my thoughts and muses about books, childhood, imagination, and reading. Confession: this has been my first post in almost a month. Thank you all for being so patient…
A Book for Book Lovers: A Child of Books
“I am a child of books. I come from a world of stories and upon my imagination I float.” [Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston] As a “grown-up” make-believer and reader, I spend a lot of time daydreaming. And more often than not, in my wakeful wonders I wander into the familiar territory of the books…
The Library
“Books to the ceiling, Books to the sky, My pile of books is a mile high. How I love them! How I need them! I’ll have a long beard by the time I read them.” [Arnold Lobel] Well, it has begun, I have no more shelf space for all of the books in my…
Rose on Reading 