March 19th, 2011
They’re such moral books,” Kelso says of the Little House series. “There’s so much in them about how a good family should be, how communities help each other, the pioneer spirit, and the morality of the country.” We’re hardly even aware of this aspect of books when we’re children because it’s such a basic need; we’re ravenous for this information. The exotic details of story and setting are like the sugary frosting on children’s cereal; these lessons about life and the world are the real nutriment, the eight essential vitamins and minerals.
When Books Could Change Your Life: Why What We Pore Over At 12 May Be The Most Important Reading We Ever Do | Baltimore City Paper

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