Here are “10 reasons to befriend a book”…
1) Books can make you laugh out loud
2) With books, you get to make new friends who will always be there for you
3) Books let you hear another person’s voice in your head
4) Books let us know how other people feel
5) Books allow you to go to places you might never get to visit on your own
6) Books let you travel in time and vicariously experience adventures
7) Books help you cope with problems you have in your own life
8) Books let us find out facts we never knew before
9) Books are beautiful
10) Books inspire us to write or tell our own stories
(Judy Freeman. School Library Journal, Fall 2007)
2) With books, you get to make new friends who will always be there for you
3) Books let you hear another person’s voice in your head
4) Books let us know how other people feel
5) Books allow you to go to places you might never get to visit on your own
6) Books let you travel in time and vicariously experience adventures
7) Books help you cope with problems you have in your own life
8) Books let us find out facts we never knew before
9) Books are beautiful
10) Books inspire us to write or tell our own stories
(Judy Freeman. School Library Journal, Fall 2007)