Archive for 2014
Readers are all powerful
April 6, 2014
If kids only knew how much power they wield when it comes to bringing a book to life. In the same way that it took love to make the Velveteen Rabbit become Real, it takes readers who love a story or a poem, to make it real and bring it to life. “Real isn’t how you […]
Reading nourishes your child’s imagination.
March 16, 2014
I recently read a story of how a tourist walked off an Australian pier while checking her Facebook. I felt badly that she plummeted into chilly waters, but I was most troubled how oblivious she was to the beauty she was surrounded by. What came to mind was a quote by Albert Einstein (3.14.1879), “ […]
Shalom Aleichem & Dr. Seuss share the same birthday—what a delicious coincidence!
March 2, 2014
Separated by 45 years, Shalom Aleichem (b) 1859 and Dr. Seuss (b) 1904) were masters at portraying both the splendid and the not so splendid moments of our humanity. Shalom Aleichem was a leading Yiddish author and playwright whose stories about Tevye the dairyman was the basis for the musical Fiddler on the Roof. In […]
“My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.” Abraham Lincoln
February 12, 2014
Lincoln knew how to choose best friends! I also am delighted to learn that he loved to eat. I just found out that Lincoln carried gingerbread cookies in his pants pockets, which he shared with friends. A person who loves books and cookies is my idea of an ideal friend. If you are interested to […]
