READING IS FUN: IMAGINATION CELEBRATION

Some BEAUTIFUL posters by Maurice Sendak about the joys of reading, from Maria Popova's Brain Pickings:

IMAGINATION CELEBRATION

READING IS FUN

A Thousand Lives

This is a wonderful quote about reading from George RR Martin:

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies.

The man who never reads lives only one.

Image by KOMU News at Flickr.

What Happens When You Read

Hector Bassi shared this image at Google+ but I cannot read the name of the original artist; if anyone recognizes this artist, please let me know!

The World of Tomorrow

Adapted from:

What the world of tomorrow will be like is greatly dependent on the power of imagination in those who are learning to read today.
— Astrid Lindgren, author of Pippi Longstocking

A book is a dream

Neil Gaiman as quoted on BookRiot, June 18, 2013.

A book is a dream

that you hold in your hands.

Resource: Role-Playing

As you may have guessed from the emphasis on creative writing in these classes, I am a fan of role-playing. After all, in a story you can be anyone... or anything. This cartoon shows why this is a very valuable life skill to master! The cartoon is about playing Dungeons and Dragons, but I think it works just as well if you read about dragons too!

(Cartoon by Brian Gordon)

Every book is a TARDIS

I know I am not the only fan of Doctor Who in this class... and I know I'm not the only bookworm! And of course the TARDIS has its own article at Wikipedia.

Innocuous on the outside, bigger on the inside, able to transport you through time and space... OH MY GOD... Every book is a TARDIS!

Reading is dreaming with open eyes.

Reading is dreaming with open eyes.

Changes

I thought this was a beautiful reflection, inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince, about the loss of Prince and The Thin White Duke in 2016 (fore more David Bowie, see Reading: Perfect Happiness).

“Look up at the sky. …

and you will see how everything changes.”

– Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince

(the image comes from the 

Cheshire Public Library Tumblr)