"girl reading" by Vanessa Bell |
"Grace reading at Howth Bay" by Sir William Orpen |
At any time -
Artist: Edward Cucuel (found here) |
(In stolen moments, why not?) -
Artist: Coles Phillips (found here) |
Alone or in company -
(found here) |
Fact: Reading can make you a better conversationalist.
Fact: Neighbours will never complain that your book is too loud.
Fact: Knowledge by osmosis has not yet been perfected. You'd better read.
Fact: Books have stopped bullets - reading might save your life.
Fact: Dinosaurs didn't read. Look what happened to them.
So true, just love reading! And now back to my book..............
ReplyDelete'Knowledge by osmosis..." I should paint this in four feet letters on my daughters' bedrooms.
ReplyDeleteLove the illustrated commentary today!
ReplyDeleteand the dinosaur fact. :)
Sandy
I like the comment about books stopping bullets. My grandfather's life was saved at Gallipoli when a bullet hit the bible he was carrying in his backpack.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth
Fact - as much as I love my technology, nothing beats a book.
ReplyDeleteCurrently reading ' Affinity' by Sarah Waters and disappearing into the book!
oh this is great, Margaret. As a junior school librarian would you mind if I used this idea for my World Book Day 2013 displays?
ReplyDeleteMany thanks
Caroline
Caroline, feel free to use the idea!
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