A posting about books and libraries by Needles of Iron has me thinking about books...kid's books, but books all the same.
When I was a kid, I remember reading a beautiful book called "The Painted Pig". It was about a ceramic pig in Mexico that came to life one night. Along with the pig, I believe a painted rooster also came to life. A little girl owned both the pig and the rooster, I think. The story is about the hi jinx of this pair. Does anyone remember it? I've been thinking about this story for months...that one, and a wonderful children's story called "Pussy Willows". I think now "Pussy Willows" is available as one of those Little Golden Books, but ours was a giant picture book with those big kitty eyes and amazing pictures that capture a child's imagination and draw her right into the story. The picture below is not what was on the original story book, but it is painted in a similar style.
Here in Peru, the average person doesn't read much, usually for business or education, but rarely for pleasure. As I think about these children's stories, I feel so bad for those children whose parents don't read stories to them! I did find some wonderful Peruvian folktales for children in the Metro supermarket, however, so someone is reading them.
2 comments:
Thank YOU for the shout out! I think my life would be much darker and my world much smaller without my reading for pleasure.
Kathleen does the schools have extra reading programs for the kids, I mean can they come and read from the school library on Saturdays? Maybe this program could be started, I feel so sad when I know children are deprived of reading. The young kids get a much better start when reading young.
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