Everyone Can Enjoy Reading
Books are portals to many worlds- ones that are real and may never visit to the ones of fantasy and fun. I think most people fall between enjoying fiction and nonfiction at any given time. Sometimes we want to learn about new things we may never see or how to try something new of interest. But sometimes we want to get lost in worlds made up and characters you want to know or try to understand. Books help us understand the world from these different perspectives. It gives us a little more knowledge and a little more understanding. A great teacher will figure out what their students might enjoy from the world of so many books! Young children love rhythm and rhyme, colorful pictures and things that make them laugh. As the child ages, they want to understand the world more through real ideas and emotions in stories that present characters that keep their interest so they can understand even more. These are my ideas and I agree with many in this NPR blog write up. May reading keep your soul young but wise at the same time.
