.........................Book finished.
This day emphasizes the need for reading....for yourself, for others and especially for children. Reading aloud to children can provide a shared adventure that can continue for a lifetime.
In our home each child knows of Captain Underpants because their dad read this to each of them---amidst much laughter, Now it's a "shared joke."
I realize how easily I am drawn to a book by an award, a title or book jacket or even an author's previous book. I even feel responsible keeping current on books for grandchildren. I was drawn to this book by all of the above criteria. A main focus of the book was character Louie's mission "to save a pitiful motherless donkey" as friend college friend, Doris is doing on her farm with a dancing "house" goat--even potty-training her. (I can hear Joyce Ann laughing at those goat antics now) Plus, the donkey" was named Winslow, my G.O.A.T. child hood friend has that very name. Winslow is also the "she" in my childhood shenanigans.
Sensitivity as I read has taken on new significance. As Solomon reminds in Ecclesiastes 12:12b, "Of making many books there is no end...."
On Read Across America Day may we all realize the importance of reading aloud to children and our responsibility for selecting the best out of many.
"There's no such thing as a good book written just for children---if it's well-written, it can appeal to any age audience! That's my opinion and I.m sticking to it." (Dotsy Liles)
