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The Rights of the Reader
This witty, refreshing treatise from a celebrated author and seasoned teacher is a passionate defense of reading — just for the joy of it.
First published in 1992 and even more relevant now, Daniel Pennac's quirky ode to reading has sold more than a million copies in his native
France. Drawing on his experiences as a child, a parent, and an inner-city teacher in Paris, the a...more
First published in 1992 and even more relevant now, Daniel Pennac's quirky ode to reading has sold more than a million copies in his native
France. Drawing on his experiences as a child, a parent, and an inner-city teacher in Paris, the a...more
Hardcover, 176 pages
Published
November 11th 2008
by Candlewick Press
(first published January 1st 1992)
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Ne approfitto per regalare un grazie a tutte le mie letture. Non ricordo momenti vuoti nella mia vita da quando ci sono loro con me. Alcune mi hanno fatto innamorare e hanno timbrato il mio cuore, altre mi hanno occupato il tempo in maniera piuttosto piacevole lasciando qualche ricordo, altre sono passate un po' inosservate (mi dispiace, provate con il ragazzo della porta accanto). Tutte, in qualche modo, hanno saputo riempire le mie giornate, e incredibilmente ecco che Anastasia, da seduta, inf...more
First line: "You can't make someone read. Just as you can't make them fall in love or dream..." First U.S. edition of an eloquent defense of (among other things) the right to dip, skip and flip reading choices---available for many years in the UK, due out on this side of the Pond in November (but there are galleys).
Quentin Blake supplies both illustrations and an introduction. The latter includes a passage I'm still thinking about: "Am I just imagining it, or is there, behind all the tests and t...more
Quentin Blake supplies both illustrations and an introduction. The latter includes a passage I'm still thinking about: "Am I just imagining it, or is there, behind all the tests and t...more
I am thinking of adding this to my children's and young adult literature class. It is such a profound paean to the joys of reading. John's review says it all.
I did add it, and here's something I wrote to my online students:
We need to look at Pennac's words from both sides: reading is indeed one of the most private of activities, but it is also one of the most shared. We take the story the writer gives us and it becomes something else in our heads or hearts or ears, because the tale is filtered t...more
I did add it, and here's something I wrote to my online students:
We need to look at Pennac's words from both sides: reading is indeed one of the most private of activities, but it is also one of the most shared. We take the story the writer gives us and it becomes something else in our heads or hearts or ears, because the tale is filtered t...more
Reviewed by Marta Morrison for TeensReadToo.com
THE RIGHTS OF THE READER is translated from French, which Daniel Pennac wrote in 1992. Pennac was an inner-city teacher in Paris. He believes that we need to promote reading for pleasure in order to get our young ones to read.
He relates many stories from his own time spent growing up and teaching. He believes in the power of the story. He thinks that when children are asked to answer comprehension questions when learning to read, all their love of...more
THE RIGHTS OF THE READER is translated from French, which Daniel Pennac wrote in 1992. Pennac was an inner-city teacher in Paris. He believes that we need to promote reading for pleasure in order to get our young ones to read.
He relates many stories from his own time spent growing up and teaching. He believes in the power of the story. He thinks that when children are asked to answer comprehension questions when learning to read, all their love of...more
I diritti del lettore:
1)Il diritto di non leggere
2)Il diritto di saltare le pagine
3)Il diritto di non finire il libro
4)Il diritto di rileggere
5)Il diritto di leggere qualsiasi cosa
6)Il diritto al bovarismo (malattia testualmente contagiosa)
7)Il diritto di leggere ovunque
8)Il diritto di spizzicare
9)Il diritto di leggere ad alta voce
10)Il diritto di tacere
1)Il diritto di non leggere
2)Il diritto di saltare le pagine
3)Il diritto di non finire il libro
4)Il diritto di rileggere
5)Il diritto di leggere qualsiasi cosa
6)Il diritto al bovarismo (malattia testualmente contagiosa)
7)Il diritto di leggere ovunque
8)Il diritto di spizzicare
9)Il diritto di leggere ad alta voce
10)Il diritto di tacere
we never get what we want.we never want what we get.we never have what we love.we never love what we have.still we live.still we love.still we hope.this is life...
Това е велика книга.
Тя просто е такава!
"Хубаво, но от коя част от претовареното си разписание да откъсвам всеки ден по един час за четене? От приятелите? Телевизията? От пътуванията? Или от вечерите в семеен кръг? От домашните?
Откъде време за четене?
Сериозен проблем.
Който не е всъщност никакъв проблем.
Щом някой заговори за време за четене, това значи, че му липсва желание. Защото, строго погледнато, никой никога няма време за четене. Нито малките деца, нито юношите, нито възрастните. Животът не...more
Тя просто е такава!
"Хубаво, но от коя част от претовареното си разписание да откъсвам всеки ден по един час за четене? От приятелите? Телевизията? От пътуванията? Или от вечерите в семеен кръг? От домашните?
Откъде време за четене?
Сериозен проблем.
Който не е всъщност никакъв проблем.
Щом някой заговори за време за четене, това значи, че му липсва желание. Защото, строго погледнато, никой никога няма време за четене. Нито малките деца, нито юношите, нито възрастните. Животът не...more
The Rights of the Reader by Daniel Pennac, illustrated by Quentin Blake, translated by Sarah Adams - Well this was a poignant, funny, intellectual, brilliant book. I winced in many portions of the book and had "aha" moments as well. I honestly enjoyed Donalyn Miller's The Book Whisperer much more. Perhaps because it was approachable but also had practical ideas. In any case, I found a few quotes that I enjoyed and identified with: "Time to read is always time stolen... By making time to read, li...more
Comme un roman n'est pas un roman mais un essai écrit, comme son titre le dit si bien, comme un roman. C'est un manifeste pour l'amour de la lecture, un plaidoyer sur le retour au plaisir initial de la lecture. Une invitation à réfléchir à la manière pédagogique d'aborder la littérature pour enfin en finir avec la mauvaise conscience du lecteur.
Pennac nous raconte des anecdotes sur son expérience de lecteur, de père et de professeur. Il nous raconte la façon dont il s'y est pris pour intéresser...more
Pennac nous raconte des anecdotes sur son expérience de lecteur, de père et de professeur. Il nous raconte la façon dont il s'y est pris pour intéresser...more
I love this book.
Some of it is not quite for me. Those parts are about how to help a child or teenager who doesn't like to read. I was never that child or that teenager so I can't guess firsthand if the advice is good.
But I loved those parts anyway, because what this book is also about is simply loving to read. It's about loving to read if you are a child or teenager whose school is more interested in test results than real education, but it's also about loving to read if you aren't.
There are so...more
Some of it is not quite for me. Those parts are about how to help a child or teenager who doesn't like to read. I was never that child or that teenager so I can't guess firsthand if the advice is good.
But I loved those parts anyway, because what this book is also about is simply loving to read. It's about loving to read if you are a child or teenager whose school is more interested in test results than real education, but it's also about loving to read if you aren't.
There are so...more
The rights of the reader by Daniel Pennac; translated by Sarah Adams; foreword and illustrations by Quentin Blake
This book is just lovely for readers. Short essays – on reading, on the love of books, on why children love stories and why children become afraid of reading. Of a teacher who re-awakens the love of stories and reading – by reading. Don’t stand in the way!
for me there is the lovely piece about finding time to read:
“Time to read is always time stolen. (Like time to write, for that mat...more
This book is just lovely for readers. Short essays – on reading, on the love of books, on why children love stories and why children become afraid of reading. Of a teacher who re-awakens the love of stories and reading – by reading. Don’t stand in the way!
for me there is the lovely piece about finding time to read:
“Time to read is always time stolen. (Like time to write, for that mat...more
Четенето, книгите, съвремието: “Като роман”, Даниел Пенак
http://www.knigolandia.info/2011/10/b...
“Искам да изкрещя на целия свят
да прочете тази книга!”
Ники
“Като роман” ми бе подарена от колежката Николета, която списва симпатичния “Oh, books”. Даниел Пенак е написал една пъстра чуднотия, която започва от семейната битка с детето и четенето и се пренася сред селенията на четенето изобщо в съвременния живот, където, както Пиер Пиво в “Професия читател”, обследва какво са книгите и “свещенодейст...more
http://www.knigolandia.info/2011/10/b...
“Искам да изкрещя на целия свят
да прочете тази книга!”
Ники
“Като роман” ми бе подарена от колежката Николета, която списва симпатичния “Oh, books”. Даниел Пенак е написал една пъстра чуднотия, която започва от семейната битка с детето и четенето и се пренася сред селенията на четенето изобщо в съвременния живот, където, както Пиер Пиво в “Професия читател”, обследва какво са книгите и “свещенодейст...more
Jun 16, 2011
Amandine
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
tous!
Shelves:
20e-et-21e-siècles,
essais-manifestes-etc
Le seul Pennac qui m'ait attirée jusqu'à présent et certainement le seul que je lirai, mais un véritable coup de coeur aussi! Chaque relecture est un plaisir: le style est incroyablement fluide, ça se lit "comme un roman", un conte ou une belle histoire tout simplement. Je me retrouve souvent surprise d'arriver déjà à la fin, insatiable et impatiente lectrice que je suis.
Outre ses dix "droits imprescriptibles du lecteur" énumérés en 4e de couverture, Pennac y propose aussi un moyen de rendre le...more
Outre ses dix "droits imprescriptibles du lecteur" énumérés en 4e de couverture, Pennac y propose aussi un moyen de rendre le...more
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Just when I was feeling pretty low about teaching in general, Pennac's book reminded me of the passion I have for helping students become the readers they need to be.
This is told in stories, in short essays, all surrounding the need for authentic, passionate reading. He begins with the sadness a parent feels when he realizes that child who used to love stories, and reading, and books is now struggling to read a required book for a report. The agony parents and child feel is something we can all...more
This is told in stories, in short essays, all surrounding the need for authentic, passionate reading. He begins with the sadness a parent feels when he realizes that child who used to love stories, and reading, and books is now struggling to read a required book for a report. The agony parents and child feel is something we can all...more
I loved this book. It is such a sweet, thoughtful, unpretentious look at reading. How do we raise readers? How do we destroy a love of reading (or how to parents, teachers and schools do this...)? I just picked up a new translation of this book which is called "The Rights of the Reader" and it looks quite different--curious to try that translation, too. But this one was understated and so beautiful. I want to buy another copy to I can underline passage after passage!
Here is one:
"Dear librarians,...more
Here is one:
"Dear librarians,...more
With wit, humor and passion, Pennac takes teachers and parents from the early years of a reader’s life through adulthood, mapping out all of the pitfalls the reader may encounter on the road to reading, and arguing that in the end, if our children do not read it is because we, their adults, have robbed them of the enjoyment of it. He develops ten rights that every reader should possess, and expresses the importance of these rules chapter by chapter, with anecdotes and examples. Quentin Blake’s q...more
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Reads Like a Novel is a heartfelt pleading for a new approach to the teaching and learning of a love of reading. Drawing on his experiences with his own son and as a school teacher, Pennac explains how the pressure put on children to read, and the narrow and dogmatic approach to teaching reading, take the pleasure out of the activity. He appeals for the enjoyment of a good story to be accepted as a central motivation for reading.
This argument has an underlying structure to it, but the presentat...more
This argument has an underlying structure to it, but the presentat...more
May 14, 2013
Claudia
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
letteratura-francese,
from-bookcrossing
'Come un romanzo' era solo soletto sul tavolo del bookcrossing assieme a Eva Luna, Marquez, Ken Follett e Calvino e tanti altri grandi autori. Aspettava, tranquillo e fiducioso, che qualche lettore o lettrice avrebbe esclamato: "Sì, eccolo! E' lui che prendo!". Non so quando tempo 'Come un romanzo' sia rimasto sul tavolo, ma so che i miei occhi hanno brillato quando, rapidi, hanno letto il titolo di quel parallelepipedo azzurro e giallo. "Prendo questo!" ho esclamato tutta soddisfatta. Era da te...more
This book is a gem. Something that any reader will hold close to their heart. The essays are translated from the original French work by the educator Daniel Pennac. The book is full of amazing quotes. Some of my favorites:
"Time to read is always time stolen. Stolen from what? From the tyranny of living."
"By making time to read, like making time to love, we expand our time for living."
I particularly loved Part 3 - "The Gift of Reading" where he describes a classroom of high school students - the...more
"Time to read is always time stolen. Stolen from what? From the tyranny of living."
"By making time to read, like making time to love, we expand our time for living."
I particularly loved Part 3 - "The Gift of Reading" where he describes a classroom of high school students - the...more
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Se alla domanda 'perché vorresti suggerire ad altri di leggere', come me, non avete idea di cosa rispondere e piazzate un muso similbaccalà leggete Come un romanzo .
E, se alla domanda 'perché a 20 anni, prima di uscire il Sabato sera, stai a casa a divorare nel senso letterale del termine pagine e pagine di lettura' sino ad ora non avevo saputo rispondere concretamente, adesso so rispondere dicendo così Come un romanzo .
Si tratta di un misterioso oggetto blu con scritte gialle, lungo 139 pag...more
E, se alla domanda 'perché a 20 anni, prima di uscire il Sabato sera, stai a casa a divorare nel senso letterale del termine pagine e pagine di lettura' sino ad ora non avevo saputo rispondere concretamente, adesso so rispondere dicendo così Come un romanzo .
Si tratta di un misterioso oggetto blu con scritte gialle, lungo 139 pag...more
This short book is a polemic on the theme, "Young people nowadays don't like to read"? Why not? And even when it's repeated over and over, in our society, that reading is important, when schools insist on infusing books into their students... could that be the problem? Reading as duty; when you're assigned a book, you know you'll be quizzed, expected to demonstrate that you've "comprehended" it.
Comme un roman is Pennac's passionate plea in favor of the pleasure of reading, which, he says, only c...more
Comme un roman is Pennac's passionate plea in favor of the pleasure of reading, which, he says, only c...more
Mar 18, 2008
Genevieve
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Anyone who is passionate about reading, teachers
What a lovely book about the pleasure of reading! While I was not the target audience of this book which is primarily speaking to teachers and parents about transmitting to children the pleasure of reading, I just loved that the author shares his love of books and why fiction is so important to our lives. (A reason I loved Reading Lolita in Tehran so much!) Daniel Pennac's prose is beautiful, and I read this book in an afternoon.
I love these "rights". I also love Quentin Blake's drawings, which is so gorgeous, make this book "living". It is a funny, humourous book, nevertheless I was amazed how much it is true. I never thought about my reading behaviour, I mean how I do it, or what it means for me. But I should say, these "rights" are typical for my present English reading style. Sometimes I got a book, that I can't read through, or just skip, leave pages out, or reread, but how many times I read aloud to myself, I simp...more
All'inizio non mi ispirava molto.. tutto quello che c'è scritto è vero, e dimostrabile osservando il comportamento degli adolescenti che adottano verso i libri. In un riassunto che avrebbe rizzato i capelli in testa a Pennac si può dire che Non bisogna imporre la lettura ai ragazzi, bensì lasciarli liberi di scoprire da soli quello che li appassiona, fare in modo che la loro fantasia si nutra dei romanzi che credono giusti per loro, anche se sembrano troppo "pesanti" per un'età giovane.
La secon...more
La secon...more
Aug 22, 2008
Walter
rated it
5 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
All who want some one to tell them they are right to be the reader they are
A core book in my life and work, and perhaps the book from which I quote the most. This is a book you will dog-ear, underline, and highlight passages so that you can read them to friends and co-workers. You will buy five copies to give away--I have given away dozens!
Really, if you haven't read this and you are participating in a forum such as this, why on earth not?
Really, if you haven't read this and you are participating in a forum such as this, why on earth not?
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Un gioiellino
UN libro da leggere e rileggere, consultare e consigliare, comprare e regalare, riservare e dedicare; “un corpo estraneo dotato di tutti i poteri e carico di tutti i pericoli”, “un ufo misteriosissimo praticamente indescrivibile vista la preoccupante semplicità delle sue forme e la proliferante molteplicità delle sue funzioni”, un pigiama in cui infilarsi tutte le sere prima di scomparire sotto le lenzuola della notte; UN libro per chi ama e per chi non ama leggere, per genitori e f...more
UN libro da leggere e rileggere, consultare e consigliare, comprare e regalare, riservare e dedicare; “un corpo estraneo dotato di tutti i poteri e carico di tutti i pericoli”, “un ufo misteriosissimo praticamente indescrivibile vista la preoccupante semplicità delle sue forme e la proliferante molteplicità delle sue funzioni”, un pigiama in cui infilarsi tutte le sere prima di scomparire sotto le lenzuola della notte; UN libro per chi ama e per chi non ama leggere, per genitori e f...more
Più che un saggio questo libro è un vero e proprio inno d'amore alla lettura. Pennac non si pone qui come scrittore o insegnante, ma si mette nei panni del lettore. Appassionato e privo di pregiudizi narra una serie di aneddoti sul rapporto libri-studenti (credo che ogni insegnante dovrebbe leggerlo...), esamina la lettura da diversi punti di vista, stila una lista dei diritti del lettore, si lascia andare a dichiarazioni d'amore verso i libri. Non mi dilungo oltre a descriverlo, consiglio a tut...more
Sicuramente un libro che tutti gli amanti della lettura dovrebbero avere sui propri scaffali! Apparentemente una storia leggera, non manca di avere un livello pi�� profondo di lettura! un libro che tutti gli studenti, ma soprattutto tutti gli insegnanti (almeno quelli di letteratura) dovrebbero leggere, magari pi�� volte... per capire che un libro si pu�� leggere, si pu�� apprezzare, si pu�� amare... ma si ha anche il diritto di non finire e di abbandonare... perch�� la lettura deve essere un pi...more
I loved this little book! I think every bibliophile should read this, and especially every educator and/or parent responsible with introducing the world of books to children needs to read this book. I loved the outline of Pennac's 10 Rights of the Reader- basically the right to read what you want (or not), when you want, and in any way that suits you. A couple quotations really stood out for me- and can definitely be used if you ever need to defend your love of reading to anyone (even to yoursel...more
Jan 08, 2011
Lys
rated it
3 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
saggi-e-pseudosaggi,
paper-book
Non mi entusiasma lo stile di Pennac, anzi!, ma l'inno alla lettura che è Come un Romanzo fa passare questo mio fastidio in secondo piano.
I celeberrimi "diritti del lettore" enumerati in questo libro sono citati spesso - e altrettanto spesso a sproposito :p -, vale sicuramente la pena andare a leggerli in prima persona, permettendoci di condividere o opporci alle posizioni che assume l'autore.
Perché al di là del concordare o meno con alcune sue affermazioni, chiunque ami la lettura non può non r...more
I celeberrimi "diritti del lettore" enumerati in questo libro sono citati spesso - e altrettanto spesso a sproposito :p -, vale sicuramente la pena andare a leggerli in prima persona, permettendoci di condividere o opporci alle posizioni che assume l'autore.
Perché al di là del concordare o meno con alcune sue affermazioni, chiunque ami la lettura non può non r...more
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Daniel Pennac (real name Daniel Pennacchioni is a French writer. He received the Prix Renaudot in 2007 for his essay Chagrin d'école.
After studying in Nice he became a teacher. He began to write for children and then wrote his book series "La Saga Malaussène", that tells the story of Benjamin Malaussène, a scapegoat, and his family in Belleville, Paris.
His writing style can be humorous and imagina...more
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After studying in Nice he became a teacher. He began to write for children and then wrote his book series "La Saga Malaussène", that tells the story of Benjamin Malaussène, a scapegoat, and his family in Belleville, Paris.
His writing style can be humorous and imagina...more
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“Time spent reading, like time spent loving, increases our lifetime. ”
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Aug 30, 2011 06:09am
Ti consiglio assolutamente di leggere il libro, è una perla! :)
Aug 30, 2011 06:23am