mimibird's review against another edition
3.0
We only had to read a few parts of this book for English this year but I really couldn't get into it. I mean, a book about reading. I already read. Loads. So this was never very relevant to me. Oh well. But French! And French things that I understood! Huzzah!
diariodegradabile's review against another edition
4.0
L’uomo costruisce case perché é vivo ma scrive libri perché si sa mortale .
Il mondo si divide in due parti: quelli che odiano Pennac e quelli che lo amano. Io mi ritrovo nella seconda fazione: ogni sua parola per me è amore. Pendo dalle sue labbra (penna).
Il mondo si divide in due parti: quelli che odiano Pennac e quelli che lo amano. Io mi ritrovo nella seconda fazione: ogni sua parola per me è amore. Pendo dalle sue labbra (penna).
stephee's review against another edition
4.0
I wanted to love this book more. There's lots to love in it - especially the ten readers' rights - but there's a bit of waffle too! A blog post may follow...one day.
bookishbetsie's review against another edition
5.0
This book is wonderful. It sparked a new desire to bring our family back to reading. In fact, I'm going right now to start reading The Hobbit to the kids.
krismarley's review against another edition
4.0
"The issue is not whether or not I have the time to read (after all, no one will give me that time), but whether I will allow myself the joy of being a reader."
I had forgotten about the Reader's Bill of Rights so it was comforting to revisit them.
I had forgotten about the Reader's Bill of Rights so it was comforting to revisit them.
mariannika's review against another edition
5.0
I loved everything about this book. It's a must-read for teachers, librarians, parents...anyone, really.
mamasquirrel's review against another edition
4.0
A funny, thought-provoking read that made me think carefully about how I introduce and instill a love of reading in my own children. And you can't go wrong with illustrations by Quentin Blake. Because the book was written originally in French by a French author, there are many references to classic French literature--which may or may not be inscrutinable to the average English reader.
hduc's review against another edition
4.0
Đọc sách lúc nào cũng mất thời gian cả, mất thời gian để học, để chơi, để làm, để chăm sóc người khác... Nhưng cốt yếu là bạn có chọn tận hưởng niềm vui khi đọc sách hay không?
niakantorka's review against another edition
4.0
Books about reading can be hit or miss. This one was an entertaining one.
Agreed. The love for reading should be awoken by teachers, parents or other important people in the lives of our kids now and any other generation of children. How that is done - no matter the child’s/teenager’s age - was shown in a very convincing way.
I loved how the love for reading oozed out of this book and think the rights of the reader were reasonable requests (I had already discovered most of them on my own).
To be honest, I got a bit annoyed by all the literate references even though I read some of those books too. But I found it a bit hypocritical to muse about how to evoke the love for reading (btw that should be done by reading out load to everyone who doesn’t like to read by themselves) by citing quite a few must-reads and so-called-classics even though the author tells us not to do it that way.
All in all it was fun to read and those rights (especially those I hadn’t discovered yet) will definitely stick with me.
Agreed. The love for reading should be awoken by teachers, parents or other important people in the lives of our kids now and any other generation of children. How that is done - no matter the child’s/teenager’s age - was shown in a very convincing way.
I loved how the love for reading oozed out of this book and think the rights of the reader were reasonable requests (I had already discovered most of them on my own).
To be honest, I got a bit annoyed by all the literate references even though I read some of those books too. But I found it a bit hypocritical to muse about how to evoke the love for reading (btw that should be done by reading out load to everyone who doesn’t like to read by themselves) by citing quite a few must-reads and so-called-classics even though the author tells us not to do it that way.
All in all it was fun to read and those rights (especially those I hadn’t discovered yet) will definitely stick with me.