Book Review: This Book is Alive!

Columbia MD

16 July, 2021

7:07 AM

Description

This Book is Alive! by Justine Avery (Suteki Creative, 2020, 40 pages, $14.95, ages 4-10) The cover looks 3-dimensional and when you pick it up you never want to put it down again - who has ever held a softer, smoother book? (Suede?) Have you ever held a conversation with a book? I have, now. And so can you. This Book is Alive! All books are alive - they come to life when opened and read, taking the reader to different times, different worlds, different places, different languages, different cultures, different adventures that never stop - until the book is closed. But it remains ready and willing to be continued the next time you open it up to read the rest. With lovely sepia-toned pages, and mostly brown cursive writing though easily read, this book actually talks to your child. And what book title is a sentence? (other than this one, that is.) Books communicate and this book asks questions of the reader and answers others - all books are unique. All people are unique and to be valued. Ah, The Possibilities! "A book can be anything it wants to be - just like you!" "Lend this book freely! It's yours - you own it. So, pass it on, trade it in, exchange it with and recommend it to other readers. Books are the very best gifts." (smile, giggle, laugh, guffaw)