If you are reading this, there’s a good chance that you already see yourself as a reader, but even the keenest reader might find it strange to read a book about reading.

That’s what Coram Beanstalk has chosen as our theme this September. Sometimes it’s helpful to step back and reflect on what, for some of us, is our favourite pastime; what do we read, how do we go about choosing books, why do we love reading? And perhaps it’s even more important for people who don’t see themselves as readers to do the same.

When you think you don’t like books, suddenly finding a story you love really sets you on the path to finding more and more, until you too become a reader, immersed in stories, firing your imagination and going on adventures.

About the book

The Bridges by Tom Percival

A moving celebration of the power of books and reading from bestselling author and illustrator, Tom Percival, creator of Ruby's Worry.

Mia feels alone; so alone that it's as if she lives on a small island, far out to sea. But then one day, Mia is given a book - the first she has ever been able to call her own. As Mia reads the book, bridges appear and her island fills with colour and life. And the more Mia reads, the stronger the bridges become, opening up a world of connection and hope...

Because a book can take you anywhere...

Celebrate the power of books and reading in this moving picture book by Tom Percival, author of Ruby's Worry and The Invisible, among many more.

Also by Tom Percival and published by Simon & Schuster:
The Sea Saw
The Invisible
The River

A poem about reading by Neal Zetter

Cool Addiction (can be found in Neal's book 'Bees in my bananas')

My head is stuck inside this book

I only meant to take a look

Till I saw what had been written

Instantly my mind was smitten

In a land of fascination

Sparking my imagination

Passions burning like a flame

Pictures dancing in my brain

 

My head is stuck inside this book

Just one page was all it took

I was focused and engaged

Thrilled, enthralled and entertained

Title, cover - so inviting

Words speak to me - so exciting

Such adventure, such intrigue

In a world of make believe

 

My head is stuck inside this book

Superglued, completely hooked

Unaware of all around me

Once this magic story found me

Characters feel like my friends

Plot unfolding till the end

Whether fact or whether fiction

Reading is a cool addiction

Equally brilliant books about reading

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