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R eading: an Educational pleasurE O
ne story, then off to bed. We choose the
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give ourselves the time to look, watch, find,
book, a comfy position, hugs, and can finally
and sometimes even bargain hunt, we can put
start with “once upon a time”… Who doesn’t
together a library that will be able to create the
know this ritual? Weather we are parents, god
desire to read in a child, even before they start
parents, cousins, aunts, nannies or babysitters,
school. This Little Fashion Book is the proof:
we’ve all shared this delicious moment with kids.
the three trendy queens are three incarnations
Reading a story means feeling the pleasure of
of the French language “figure de style”.
sharing and transmitting, making a drawing become a discovery. This childhoold initiation gives children a passion for reading that, whilst it starts as a shared experience, is to become something intimate and secret. To read is to
“
READING IS
BECOMING FREE.
”
Anne Laporte: book worm and mother of three children ( 2, 5 and 7 years old) I would never have foreseen the fact that my kids wouldn’t like reading, as I myself have always been such a “book worm” – something I’ve always tried to transmit to them by offering them books on many occasions! I’d like them to develop their imagination and ability to reflect… I’m not sure my children learn as they read, but I think their personality’s get richer and their eyes become more sensitive to what surrounds them, as I will generally choose books that catch my eye with graphics, illustrations, or themes…
Through their story you will allow your child to
become free, taking imagination a step further
familiarize themselves with anagrams on Key Ou,
and being autonomous. Making children
the palindrome on Key Li and the lipogram on
understand this is giving them the key to their
Key Po. And without even realizing it, they will
independence and their future, whether
easily master these notions without giving
good library; so show it to them! We’ve wanted
they’re reading a book, an essay, a work
them a name... The goal is to stimulate their need
to look in two directions on this subject and
contract, or even a history course
to learn in a playful way. Reading Cars or Dora
so have spoken to both Olivier Douzou,
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is of course not to be banned, but it should be
Editor in Chef of “Edition de Rouergue”,
mixed in with a diverse collection of books,
and a mother with a desire to transmit an
reading. “Jeunesse Edition” is lively, intelligent,
capable of presenting to children a varied view
ancestral passion for reading to her children.
gay, beautiful and full of diversity. And if we
of children’s literature.
nowledge cannot exist without mastering
D
iversity is a necessary quality for a