![]() ![]() Flora’s behaviour seems entirely normal to me – perhaps because I was a bookworm myself, as a child in the 1980s. “Look at her, she’s reading,” they’ll whisper to me, in a tone of wonder, as if I did not have eyes.Īt first, I found this quite strange. In small shops, she often quietly tucks herself away in a corner to read – and then, when I call her to leave the shop with me, the assistants will intervene and beg me not to disturb her further. When she reads in restaurants, for example, waiters tell me how rare it is to see a child immersed in a book, instead of glued to a phone. This year it focuses on the joy of sharing stories with others, but I feel sad about how necessary it is – and how surprised people often are to see Flora enjoying a book in public. It is World Book Day on Thursday, a day when children everywhere are encouraged to celebrate books and take pleasure in reading. ![]()
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