Reading and the Brain
Reading a book leaves us with new neural pathways… Books can open up emotional, imaginative and historical landscapes Gail Rebuck (Humans Have the Need To Read) The reading brain is part of highly...
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Classic Comics 1: Quadratino
Quadratino (1911) or ‘Square Head’, is an Italian comic strip by Antonio Rubino. In each story, Quadratino’s mischief is punished by an ‘accident’ in which his head is squeezed into a new geometric...
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Fiction is real
Research shows that far being being a means to escape the social world, reading stories can actually improve your social skills by helping you better understand other human beings. – Keith Oatley...
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Ray Bradbury, The Best
The things that you do should be things that you love; and the things that you love should be things you do. – Ray Bradbury Ray Bradbury has died. His stories are like mountains in my reading...
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5 Reasons Children Need Books
Perhaps it is only in childhood that books have any deep influence on our lives. – Graham Greene In a world that offers children so many digital delights, why bother with books? 1. Books help children...
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5 ways to inspire children to read
1. Have lots of books available. Access to books is the key to a child’s reading ability – children living in homes with books stay at school 3 years longer than those without. Children need books. 2....
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5 Books I Will Never Throw Out
Twenty-Three Tales by Tolstoy There is only one time that is important – Now! It is the most important time because it is the only time when we have any power. Moominpappa at Sea by Tove Jansson...
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Why Books Will Survive
Books are sensory objects. They have a pleasing look, a comforting smell, a grainy feeling, a reassuring weight. The best-loved ones are battered, dog-eared, coffee-stained, signed by the author, and...
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This Is Not The End Of The Book
This is not the end of the book is a fascinating conversation between two great bibliophiles, the author Umberto Eco and film-maker, Jean-Claude Carriere. They discuss the history of the physical book...
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Struwwelpeter: Helpful Hilarity
The Awful Warning carried to the point where Awe topples over into helpless laughter.– Harvey Darton Struwwelpeter (Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures) by Dr Heinrich Hoffman (1845) is a classic of...
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Reading And The Brain
Reading and brain development are linked almost from birth. A baby’s brain grows quickly, tripling in size during the preschool years – it grows when the brain cells make connections with each other....
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The Importance Of Living
Thoughts from a remarkable book written in 1938: The Importance of Living by Lin Yutang, Chinese philosopher and inventor. On writers: Every word has a life and a personality. A writer always has an...
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5 Books I Will Never Throw Out
Twenty-Three Tales by Tolstoy There is only one time that is important – Now! It is the most important time because it is the only time when we have any power. Moominpappa at Sea by Tove Jansson...
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Ray Bradbury
The things that you do should be things that you love; and the things that you love should be things you do. – Ray Bradbury Ray Bradbury’s stories kept me reading in my teenage years and still inspire...
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Read To Babies
Reading and brain development are linked almost from birth. A baby’s brain grows quickly (tripling in size in the preschool years) as the brain cells make connections with each other. What creates...
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The Importance Of Living
Thoughts from The Importance of Living (1938) by Lin Yutang, Chinese philosopher and inventor. On writers: Every word has a life and a personality. A writer always has an instinctive interest in words....
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