“Before they read words, children are reading pictures.” [David Wiesner] They always say, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” They also say “A child should read a thousand books before going to kindergarten.” (I would like to meet this omnipresent “they” everyone is always referencing by the way.) Let’s start…
Tag: reading
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…
At School’s End
“When I was One, I had just begun. When I was Two, I was nearly new. When I was Three, I was hardly me. When I was Four, I was not much more. When I was Five, I was just alive. But now I am Six, I’m as clever as clever. So I think I’ll…
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 