I was delighted today to drive past a car with the license plate: READ4FUN. It made me happy. A small thing like that. Just when I started to feel that people were giving up on reading for fun, and choosing instead to text and play Call of Duty or something else that squanders your brain rather than nourishing it.
Speaking of brain nourishment, if you happen to be looking for a holiday gift for a child, I highly recommend "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick. It is a wonderful tome, seemingly lengthy and intimidating for less-than-eager readers, but while it is an ample book, it is full of gorgeous illustrations.
I came across Hugo Cabret at my local library, brought it home for my daughter (10 years-old) and she read it immediately. The drawings drew her in. She literally could not put it down. It's a beauty: the words, illustrations, the feel of the book. When she was half-way through, she said, "Mom, you have to read this book. You will not believe how good it is!"
Here's the best part. Next she said, "When you read this, you will want to eat it, chew it up and keep it in you! That's how good it is."
I am not recommending you eat this book, but you should read it!
Speaking of brain nourishment, if you happen to be looking for a holiday gift for a child, I highly recommend "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick. It is a wonderful tome, seemingly lengthy and intimidating for less-than-eager readers, but while it is an ample book, it is full of gorgeous illustrations.
I came across Hugo Cabret at my local library, brought it home for my daughter (10 years-old) and she read it immediately. The drawings drew her in. She literally could not put it down. It's a beauty: the words, illustrations, the feel of the book. When she was half-way through, she said, "Mom, you have to read this book. You will not believe how good it is!"
Here's the best part. Next she said, "When you read this, you will want to eat it, chew it up and keep it in you! That's how good it is."
I am not recommending you eat this book, but you should read it!
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