crystal_reading's review against another edition
5.0
Pennac does a fabulous job of explaining the various reasons that some people (particulary teens) do not enjoy reading. It seems that one way that parents and educators kill off the joy of reading is by making the purpose of reading to always be getting the "right answer." He argues for once again allowing reading to be about pleasure as it was early on when they first had that excitement about learning to read and when people read aloud to them. This is a great inspiration for teachers, parents, and librarians among others.
kricketa's review against another edition
5.0
Daniel Pennac (as translated from French by...someone, already forgot who, but she did a fine job) writes non-fiction exactly as it should be written: sensible, succinct, and funny. In "The Rights of the Reader" he takes on some difficult questions: why it is that so many youth "hate to read." Is it the way schools teach? Is it the distractions teens face? Why is reading so important? Are there rules to follow? Pennac has certainly given me, a teen librarian, much to mull over, and this book deserves several re-reads.
*BIG BONUS- Quentin Blake, a huge favorite of mine, does lovely illustrations.
*BIG BONUS- Quentin Blake, a huge favorite of mine, does lovely illustrations.
borumi's review against another edition
이 책을 읽어보면 독서의 열정을 못 찾긴 커녕
항상 책만 본다고 걱정하고 밤에는 책읽지 말고 자라고 하는 부모님에 맞서서
이불 속에 플래시를 켜놓고 책을 읽었던 제 어린시절이 생각나요.
실은 엄마는 read out loud하는 타입이 아니고 오히려 빨리 본인 책을 읽고 싶어서 한글을 가르치고 영어나 일어 등을 제가 배우기 시작할 때도 자꾸 단어 물어보는 게 귀찮아서 제게 사전을 집어던지고 'leave me alone!'하는 타입의 방임형 엄마였죠..^^;;;
'그리고 사전을 봐도 모르겠으면 그냥 넘어가봐~ 나중에 이해가 갈지도 몰라~ 정 모르겠으면 읽지마, 너한테 아직 넘 어려운가보지~'하면서 스스로 skip하고 스스로 배우게 하는 타입..-_-;;;(음.. 지금 생각해보니 참 교육자로서는 그닥 소질이 없었군요.. 엄마도 그걸 알아차리고 교대 다니다가 영문과로 전공을 바꿨다고;;)
근데.. 또 그런식으로 말하면 열받아서 오히려 더 열심히 읽었던 것 같아요..ㅋㅋㅋ
게다가 어릴적부터 censorship은 커녕 본인이 괜찮다고 생각한 책이나 영화는 rated R이어도 소개해주는 엄마여서..-_-;; 음.. 솔직히 제게는 '어린이 권장도서 목록' '청소년 권장도서 목록'이란 것은 없었고 그냥 '재미있는 책들'로만 인식되었던 것 같아요..;;
책을 어떤 권장목록, 읽어야할 목록 같은 틀에 묶어놓으면 책도 저도 답답하잖아요?
근데 확실히 집에는 화장실은 물론이고 현관에도 계단위에도 심지어 fireplace와 사우나 위에도 책이 쌓여있고
엄마의 책 취향이 좋아서 별 격려나 스토리텔링 없이도 별수없이 ^^;; 책에 쉽게 빠졌던 것 같아요.
마치 공기처럼 제 주위를 감싸던 책들을 피할래야 피할 수가 없었어요;;
게다가 엄마도 책에 나오는 작가의 형처럼 짧은 몇 마디로 구미가 확 당기게 책을 축약해서 share하는데 소질이 있었거든요.
지금도 엄만 대학도서관에서 책을 잔뜩 빌려올수 있는 특권으로 거의 하루에 몇권씩 읽는 독서광이고
그중 제게 괜찮은 책들을 많이 소개해준답니다.
그리고 교육자 부분은 우리나라 교육의 문제점에 대해서도 많이 뒤돌아보게 했는데..
성적이나 자기계발 또는 시험을 위한 독서가 아닌 즐거움을 위한 독서가 사라지고
성적 같은 잣대만으로 학생들이 남의 눈에도 그리고 자기 자신의 눈에도 버림받는 게 너무 안타까운 현실입니다.
이 책의 introduction에서 말했듯이 이 책은 프랑스 작가가 써서 프랑스 문화나 사회에 대한 어느정도 이해가 필요하지만..
(번역도 아주 잘 했지만 이 책을 나중에 불어로도 함 읽어보고 싶네요.)
어찌보면 사소한 것들을 넘겨보면 그것은 어느 나라에든 존재하는 문제점들을 집어내고 있습니다.
이상저인 독서가란 없듯이 책과 독서를 한가지 틀에 가둬놓지 않았으면 좋겠습니다.
Reading is free.. 댓가도 없지만 제약도 없는 진정한 독서의 자유로움 속에서
우리의 고된 하루, 갑갑한 현실에서 비로소 벗어나서 니르바나를 맛 보겠죠.
항상 책만 본다고 걱정하고 밤에는 책읽지 말고 자라고 하는 부모님에 맞서서
이불 속에 플래시를 켜놓고 책을 읽었던 제 어린시절이 생각나요.
실은 엄마는 read out loud하는 타입이 아니고 오히려 빨리 본인 책을 읽고 싶어서 한글을 가르치고 영어나 일어 등을 제가 배우기 시작할 때도 자꾸 단어 물어보는 게 귀찮아서 제게 사전을 집어던지고 'leave me alone!'하는 타입의 방임형 엄마였죠..^^;;;
'그리고 사전을 봐도 모르겠으면 그냥 넘어가봐~ 나중에 이해가 갈지도 몰라~ 정 모르겠으면 읽지마, 너한테 아직 넘 어려운가보지~'하면서 스스로 skip하고 스스로 배우게 하는 타입..-_-;;;(음.. 지금 생각해보니 참 교육자로서는 그닥 소질이 없었군요.. 엄마도 그걸 알아차리고 교대 다니다가 영문과로 전공을 바꿨다고;;)
근데.. 또 그런식으로 말하면 열받아서 오히려 더 열심히 읽었던 것 같아요..ㅋㅋㅋ
게다가 어릴적부터 censorship은 커녕 본인이 괜찮다고 생각한 책이나 영화는 rated R이어도 소개해주는 엄마여서..-_-;; 음.. 솔직히 제게는 '어린이 권장도서 목록' '청소년 권장도서 목록'이란 것은 없었고 그냥 '재미있는 책들'로만 인식되었던 것 같아요..;;
책을 어떤 권장목록, 읽어야할 목록 같은 틀에 묶어놓으면 책도 저도 답답하잖아요?
근데 확실히 집에는 화장실은 물론이고 현관에도 계단위에도 심지어 fireplace와 사우나 위에도 책이 쌓여있고
엄마의 책 취향이 좋아서 별 격려나 스토리텔링 없이도 별수없이 ^^;; 책에 쉽게 빠졌던 것 같아요.
마치 공기처럼 제 주위를 감싸던 책들을 피할래야 피할 수가 없었어요;;
게다가 엄마도 책에 나오는 작가의 형처럼 짧은 몇 마디로 구미가 확 당기게 책을 축약해서 share하는데 소질이 있었거든요.
지금도 엄만 대학도서관에서 책을 잔뜩 빌려올수 있는 특권으로 거의 하루에 몇권씩 읽는 독서광이고
그중 제게 괜찮은 책들을 많이 소개해준답니다.
그리고 교육자 부분은 우리나라 교육의 문제점에 대해서도 많이 뒤돌아보게 했는데..
성적이나 자기계발 또는 시험을 위한 독서가 아닌 즐거움을 위한 독서가 사라지고
성적 같은 잣대만으로 학생들이 남의 눈에도 그리고 자기 자신의 눈에도 버림받는 게 너무 안타까운 현실입니다.
이 책의 introduction에서 말했듯이 이 책은 프랑스 작가가 써서 프랑스 문화나 사회에 대한 어느정도 이해가 필요하지만..
(번역도 아주 잘 했지만 이 책을 나중에 불어로도 함 읽어보고 싶네요.)
어찌보면 사소한 것들을 넘겨보면 그것은 어느 나라에든 존재하는 문제점들을 집어내고 있습니다.
이상저인 독서가란 없듯이 책과 독서를 한가지 틀에 가둬놓지 않았으면 좋겠습니다.
Reading is free.. 댓가도 없지만 제약도 없는 진정한 독서의 자유로움 속에서
우리의 고된 하루, 갑갑한 현실에서 비로소 벗어나서 니르바나를 맛 보겠죠.
voxlunae's review against another edition
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
5.0
virginiacjacobs's review against another edition
5.0
This is hands down, my new favorite book, which is saying something because I haven't had a new favorite book since 1996 when I first read The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara.
This book is a delightful, whimsical treatise on the love of reading. I read entire chapters aloud to my husband because I could not contain my enthusiasm for this book.
Among the highlights of the book are the following passages:
What we need to understand is that books weren't written so that young people could write essays about them, but so that they could read them if they really wanted to.
The road to knowledge doesn't lead into this classroom: it leads out of it.
If you're wondering how you'll find time, it means you don't really want to read. Because nobody's ever got time. Children certainly haven't, nor teenagers or grown-ups. Life always gets in the way.
I could go on and on, but I'm pretty sure I'm preaching to the choir, and besides this book is far better written than my review.
I do have two things to note: this book is written by a teacher, and so the slant is towards why students don't seem to enjoy reading, and what can be done about it. It actually reads very easily, and the logic is straightforward, but it's helpful to know that this is the basic argument behind the book.
The second thing to note is that the chapter on the right to mistake a book for real life isn't about what I thought it'd be about. It's more about how adolescents relate to characters, seeing themselves in them, seeing their lives mirrored in the characters' dramas.
I don't know if I saw myself in any of my favorite characters as a teenager, but I do lose myself in books, which is what I think of when I think of mistaking a book for real life. I feel the heartaches and joys of the characters I'm reading about. I get frustrated when characters make bad decisions. (I also get frustrated with authors for bad writing.) And I love, love, love, when I find a character I want to know in real life. Even though I know they're a product of someone's imagination.
It seems that a book about the love of reading is a little redundant. Clearly people who love reading are already reading, but I think this book is well worth the few short hours it will take you to read it.
This book is a delightful, whimsical treatise on the love of reading. I read entire chapters aloud to my husband because I could not contain my enthusiasm for this book.
Among the highlights of the book are the following passages:
What we need to understand is that books weren't written so that young people could write essays about them, but so that they could read them if they really wanted to.
The road to knowledge doesn't lead into this classroom: it leads out of it.
If you're wondering how you'll find time, it means you don't really want to read. Because nobody's ever got time. Children certainly haven't, nor teenagers or grown-ups. Life always gets in the way.
I could go on and on, but I'm pretty sure I'm preaching to the choir, and besides this book is far better written than my review.
I do have two things to note: this book is written by a teacher, and so the slant is towards why students don't seem to enjoy reading, and what can be done about it. It actually reads very easily, and the logic is straightforward, but it's helpful to know that this is the basic argument behind the book.
The second thing to note is that the chapter on the right to mistake a book for real life isn't about what I thought it'd be about. It's more about how adolescents relate to characters, seeing themselves in them, seeing their lives mirrored in the characters' dramas.
I don't know if I saw myself in any of my favorite characters as a teenager, but I do lose myself in books, which is what I think of when I think of mistaking a book for real life. I feel the heartaches and joys of the characters I'm reading about. I get frustrated when characters make bad decisions. (I also get frustrated with authors for bad writing.) And I love, love, love, when I find a character I want to know in real life. Even though I know they're a product of someone's imagination.
It seems that a book about the love of reading is a little redundant. Clearly people who love reading are already reading, but I think this book is well worth the few short hours it will take you to read it.
ahbuggrit's review against another edition
Will take up it again when the interest takes me
rumbledethumps's review against another edition
3.0
Though the book is titled "Rights of the Reader" he spends the first three-quarters of the book discussing how (and how not) to develop a love of reading in children so they become lifelong readers.
But, there is a method to what he is doing. He builds the story by discussing childhood reading as it progresses through the life of a child, and ends with what every reader should have the right to do, including the right to not read at all.
Though it might perhaps be mis-titled, it was an interesting exploration of what we do wrong when we try to instill a love of reading in children, and offers examples of what we can do right. And it is all done with a singular style and point of view.
But, there is a method to what he is doing. He builds the story by discussing childhood reading as it progresses through the life of a child, and ends with what every reader should have the right to do, including the right to not read at all.
Though it might perhaps be mis-titled, it was an interesting exploration of what we do wrong when we try to instill a love of reading in children, and offers examples of what we can do right. And it is all done with a singular style and point of view.
hollious's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
4.75
Such a sweet book! Will definitely have to reread in the future!