Juvenile Literature?

“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.” C.S. Lewis

“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” C.S. Lewis

I must agree with the esteemed Mr. Lewis, for some of my favorite books are labeled 'children's stories,' even my preferred genre of writing was once consigned to the kids' department.  I am glad society is finally starting to notice that just because something may be enjoyed by children does not necessarily mean they are the only ones who can benefit from it.  So go dig out your favorite books from your youth or go explore the kids' section at your local bookstore, you never know what you will find!  I'd recommend Shel Silverstein or Sandra Boynton for starters, when was the last time you read a good board book?

The ONLY thing you should be reading

I hope you are out in the garden, even if it is just a pot of basil on the window sill, if you are reading anything, it had better be a gardening book!

Words, words, words...

Your assignment this week is to find the source of the title quote (one of the best answers to an inane question ever!) and thoroughly enjoy the tale, just remember, it is 'Star Wars: Rogue I' in Denmark, so don't get too depressed but rather enjoy all the snarky one-liners!

You aren't doing THAT are you?

You'd better be outside enjoying the nice weather (unless it is raining, then by all means indulge in a book!)...

Comics as literature?

I've seen a few kids from our church wandering around with what we'd call novels back in the old days, except these are full of pictures with word bubbles: comics.  I suppose graphic novel is the correct phrase but I find this new phenomenon rather interesting, albeit my six year old prefers to try reading 'Garfield' comics in lieu of a storybook of late so I can't really be objective on this matter.  But it does remind me of the scene from the animated 'Beauty and the Beast' where Gaston asks how Belle can read that book, 'it as no pictures,' and then accepts 'primeval' as a compliment, love it!  I guess they are reading at least, but when they come out with the comic version of 'Hamlet' or 'Pride and Prejudice,' we can pretty much assume our cultural literacy rate has just hit bottom!