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As I write this post, I am reminded of a favorite introduction to a book. The book is The Winter Room by Gary Paulsen, and the end sentences to the intro, titled "Tuning" is this: If books could have more, give more, be more, show more,
they would still need readers who bring to them sound and smell and light and
all the rest that can’t be in books.
The book
needs you.
You can download the entire passage from the link here.
I've been facilitating several book groups over the recent weeks, and want to share one thing I've not done as formally until recently. As luck, and planning needs required, I've ended up reading Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen, two groups in a row, in different classes. I enjoy the book for so many reasons, its fast but thoughtful pace, the strong voice in this scared young boy that gains in character as the book progresses, and Gary Paulsen's beautiful writing that is so useful to show off to budding writers.