Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise

by Katherine Rundell | Nonfiction |
ISBN: 152661006X Global Overview for this book
Registered by debnance of Alvin, Texas USA on 9/6/2020
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Journal Entry 1 by debnance from Alvin, Texas USA on Sunday, September 6, 2020
“Children’s novels...spoke and still speak of hope. They say: look, this is what bravery looks like. This is what generosity looks like. They tell me, through the medium of wizards and lions and talking spiders, that this world we live in is a world of people who tell jokes and work and endure. Children’s books say: the world is huge. They say: hope counts for something. They say: bravery will matter, wit will matter, empathy will matter, love will matter. These things may or may not be true. I do not know. I hope they are. I think it is urgently necessary to hear them and to speak them.”

“I still find libraries astonishing; I still think they speak to our better instincts. The library remains one of the few places in the world where you don’t have to buy anything, know anyone or believe anything to enter in.”

Elena Ferrante calls fiction “a fishing net that captures daily experiences, holds them imaginatively, and connects them to fundamental questions about the human condition.”

Scene from 1949 movie Adam’s Rib:
Katherine Hepburn questions her secretary about the moral double stands of the day. Her secretary says, “I don’t make the rules.” “Sure you do,” says Hepburn. “We all do."

Journal Entry 2 by wingNancyNovawing at Lansdale, Pennsylvania USA on Tuesday, December 8, 2020
taking from the bookish bookbox. Thanks!

Journal Entry 3 by wingNancyNovawing at Lansdale, Pennsylvania USA on Sunday, July 16, 2023
A nice essay on reading...and in particular children's books during stressful times.

The author points out that reading a beloved book as an adult often gives you an entirely different perspective. Children's books also don't shy away from heavy subject matter. Instead they offer imagination and heroic optimism.

Quite a few quotes from the previous reader, so I won't add anything except that this is a small book with a lot of nuggets of knowledge.

This will head out again in the bookish bookbox.

Journal Entry 4 by wingNancyNovawing at -- Bookbox, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Sunday, July 16, 2023

Released 8 mos ago (7/17/2023 UTC) at -- Bookbox, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA

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Journal Entry 5 by wing39301wing at Seattle, Washington USA on Thursday, July 20, 2023
Received in the Bookish Bookbox! I'm putting it into our Little Free Library for its next reading adventure!

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