You are right Alice- it is not teaching them what to read but how to read and today it must be something to attract their interest.
Harry Potter has probably brought more kids and adults back to books than anything else in last 20 years or so.
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Extract from Bill Bryson's Down Under that I thought was quite funny...
A friend of Bill Bryson recounted that a story of an Australian friend of his. A neighbour to a building site had a child (3yrs old) who took an interest in the activity of the builders. She hung around the work site and became like a mascot to the crew...they gave her a token amount of money at the end of the week.
"She took this home to her mother who made all the appropriate cooings of admiration and suggested that they take it to the bank the next morning to deposit it in her account. When they went to the bank, the cashier was equally impressed and asked the little girl how she had come by her own pay packet.
'I've been building a house this week,' she replied proudly.
'Goodness!' said the cashier.
'And will you be building a house next week, too?'
'I will if we ever get the f***ing bricks,' answered the little girl" (Bryson) _________________ "Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative" (Oscar Wilde).
Sorting out a few boxes and came across Denis Wheatley's "Bill for the Use of A Body" and couldn't resist reading it again.
Must dig out some more.
Have read most of his many books over the years but still impressed with his ability to portray varied characters and locations.
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Ahh yes Good old Zen and the art. I frikkin loved that book. Still not sure I understood it but i loved it.
Foucault's Pendulum rang really loud bells but I realised it was the physics experiment the book was named after that I remember. Sounds like a good read though.
Favourite Book: A.B. Facey - A Fortunate Life
Favourite Film: Jacob's Ladder (with Tim Robbins)
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