“In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.”
~S. I. Hayakawa~
When my children were growing up, they’d tease me because they knew that if they asked me a question while I was immersed in reading a book, I would be on autopilot in my answers: You want to go play in traffic? Sure - go right ahead. You want to dye your hair green and paint your nails black? Uh-hmm - whatever. Well, it wasn’t that bad, but you get the idea. I tried not to, but I couldn’t help it. I loved reading, and I loved getting lost in stories.
And that’s why I love that quote. That’s why I’m a reading specialist. I want to help children learn the absolute enjoyment that reading can give them. Reading DOES enable us to know worlds outside our own. It’s almost magical.
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