[bksvol-discuss] P.S.
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:47:13 -0700 (PDT)
I've added it to the Wish List
Cindy
--- Rick Roderick <richard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I got this from the Wordsmith list I am on. I think
> it would be a great
> addition to the collection. I would be glad to
> validate it. It would be my
> first, but I am signed up as a volunteer.
>
> Every night, before I tuck my elementary-school-aged
> daughter to bed, I read
> stories to her. For her, storytime is sacrosanct:
> It's okay to skip dinner
> or brushing her teeth, or even sleep, but not
> storytime.
>
> Some nights when we're running late, I tell her,
> "You have to get up early
> for your violin class. Let's leave it to tomorrow
> night."
>
> "How about just a little bit?" she pleads.
>
> Okay. I read, "Once upon a time..." and close the
> book. "There."
>
> "No. How about five pages?" she proposes.
>
> "How about one paragraph?" I ask. And so the
> negotiations begin.
>
> Eventually a deal is struck and I agree to read two
> pages, but before I
> realize it, I've finished the whole chapter. The
> violin teacher can wait.
>
> That's the charm of stories (from Latin historia:
> history). Even when we
> grow up, our fondness for them doesn't go away. And
> what if the stories are
> all true? Well, that's my upcoming book, published
> by the Penguin Group:
>
> The Dord, the Diglot, and an Avocado or Two: The
> Hidden Lives
> and Strange Origins of Common and Not-So-Common
> Words
> ISBN 9780452288614
>
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