Finds tongues in trees, books in running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
— William Shakespeare
From its cover image of a book as a flying carpet to “stories/ that fly like birds”, Read! Read! Read! uplifts and envigorates. Poems by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater dance happily beside Ryan O’Rourke’s illustrations, and my favorite is the happy child disappearing into a magazine with actual magic! Really!
One more quote from it: “Every single thing you read/ becomes a part of you.” I should be huge, considering the hundreds of books I read every year. What about you?
Notes: Here’s a bonus poem inspired by Amy’s playful rendering of book adoration:
a heavy tote
full of books
is heaven
Copyright 2018 Brenda Davis Harsham
11 thoughts on “A Book by the Brook — Read! Read! Read!”
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ah, and i will never cut back on books, so take me as i am, ) love the happy nature of these poems
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My hubby groans every time I ask him to pick up books at the library. *Evil chuckle*
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I love the title! 🙂
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Me, too. Says it all.
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Oh, how wonderful to finally have an explanation for my stately weight…..it’s the books. Phew.
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LOL XOXO
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Thank you so much, Brenda!
“I should be huge” – so funny! Me too!
You and I share the same vision of heaven.
xx
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🙂 Life is what you make of it, and we’ve made ours heaven with a tote and a library. Glad to have your books in my bag.
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Great words
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Great book. 🙂
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