Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens. ~The Shadow of the Wind

1/8/12

2 for the price of 1: Inspirational Sunday on couldn'ts, shouldn'ts, wouldn'ts

 

My middle child has been in love with Shel Silverstein's writing since she was probably 5 years old.  She had this one gorgeous 3-book set with a CD of Silverstein reading and during a yard sale at my sister-in-law's house, the books were sold for only a couple of dollars by accident.  She was reading the books while helping at the yard sale, went inside to get a drink and my sister-in-law sold the set.  I thought my daughter was going to cry for a week.  So for Christmas a friend of my daughter's gave her the set again and his book that recently came out, Everything On It.  My 17-year old daughter has carried those books with her everywhere since Christmas Day. I can't wait to get my grandson, the Jellybean Sumo Wrestler, into these wonderfully fantastic poems too

Hope you enjoy your Sunday!




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3 novel reactions:

  1. What a great poem!
    And what a great friend for buying it for her!

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  2. Oh how awful that the books were sold out from under her!!! I'm so glad she got a replacement -- she deserves it after that trauma!!!

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  3. Gorgeous image, and I love the quote! Shel Silverstein is awesome. He's been one of my favorites since I was a kid!

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