#magic of reading

[tanyaluca]

The Magic of a Book...

[wyrmfedgrave]

Do You Believe in Magic? On The Timeless Charm of Children's Books https://lithub.com/do-you-believe-in-magic-on-the-timeless-charm-of-childrens-books/

Do You Believe in Magic? On The Timeless Charm of Children’s Books

I make books about books, and every year hundreds of people commission me to make custom art prints for them or their loved ones, of the spi

You don't have to sell me on reading. I grew up with a World Book Ency. & many children's books on history & science.

Now I find myself as being well read & conscious of the many possibilities in life.

My 1st library, not far from the Bronx Stairs showcased in "Joker," hooked me on books for life!!

The modern "quick news note" is okay to introduce you to an interesting subject.

But, it should be followed up with more in-depth knowledge than most websites can provide.

The move to shortening knowledge might serve business needs - but, it can't go into subtleties like a good book does.

I've followed my trip thru literature by doing the same for my cousins, nieces & nephews.

Now that they're getting older, they all read above the usual grade they're in...

I'd also like to note the growth of the children's market into kid themed graphic novels - which the kiddies just love!!

Easy to read, beautifully drawn & bursting with problems that kids face everyday - what's not to love?!

[musicisthetranslationofasoul]

A bookstore is larger than the universe. After all, the universe only contains what IS.

[strangenoquestion]

When she discovered his weakness for books, she carried hers to him. These are my favorites. Assassins through the Ages was a strange book for a princess. Then again, she was a strange princess.

Joan He, Descendant of the Crane

[strangenoquestion]

I put down the book I was reading and sighed contentedly. I had that feeling I always got whenever finishing a good novel: satisfied yet wanting a little more.

Ruby Cruz, First Impressions

[strangenoquestion]

He got up and wandered restlessly around the library. Sometimes you could find useful things just by choosing randomly from the shelves. He had done this many times —just reached out and grabbed something—to the hope that by accident he might come upon the very piece of information he needed. It would be something that another person had written down without understand its significance, just a sentence or two that would be like a flash of light in Doon’s mind, fitting together with what he already knew to make a solution to everything

Jeanne DuPrau, The City of Ember

[strangenoquestion]

Literature not only illuminated another’s experience, it provided, I believed, the richest material for moral reflection.

Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air