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!
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