I would like to share this post with everyone. From Georgi in Australia, writing on her blog 1001 Children’s Books.
I am so much in agreement with her closing paragraph:
Books are survivors. How many things can you buy from 1905, that is in practically the same condition as when it was printed (bar a tiny tear or a splodge on the title page)? How many things from 1910 have survived? Things fall apart, get thrown away, are destroyed, are dismantled to make something new – they lose their original purpose. Not books. They will sit patiently on a shelf, waiting until someone finds them again, be it in 10 years time or 100 years time. They may be fragile – they are made of paper, after all, but they are resilient as well. Maybe it’s because they are full of ideas. Ideas can be pretty resilient too.
Well said!
Thanks for sharing! Glad you liked it.