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\u201cIf reading becomes a bore, mental death is on the way. Children taught to read by tedious mechanical means rapidly learn to skim over the dull text without bothering to delve into its implications \u2013 which in time will make them prey to propaganda and to assertions based on scanty evidence, or none.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Joan Aiken<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Imagination,\u201d Lecture delivered at Simmons College Center for the Study of Children\u2019s Literature (No date provided, c.1975-1986) in Innocence & Experience: Essays & Conversations <\/em>on Children\u2019s Literature<\/em>, eds. Barbara Harrison & Gregory Maguire, New York, NY: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1987, p. 57<\/p>\n

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Extended excerpt\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> [Lecture in a collection \u201cfrom programs presented at Simmons College Center for the Study of Children\u2019s Literature, Boston, Massachusetts.\u201d Part I: \u2018Rememory\u2019]:<\/p>\n

\u201cHow can we help children retain this curiosity, this urge to explore? To use their minds flexibly and inductively, to stretch out and grab concepts that may seem just out of reach? I\u2019m sure that, for a start, we should revise our methods of reading instruction. If reading becomes a bore, mental death is on the way. Children taught to read by tedious mechanical means rapidly learn to skim over the dull text without bothering to delve into its implications \u2013 which in time will make them prey to propaganda and to assertions based on scanty evidence, or none.\u201d (p. 57)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ISBN” tab_id=”1449531589797-29580b31-8c50094f-cf63f7d2-7c3a”][vc_column_text]\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library \u2013 Innocence & Experience: Essays & Conversations on Children\u2019s Literature<\/em> (1987) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-688-06123-0<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbcf7d2-7c3a”][vc_column_text]\n

\u201cWords are like spices. Too many is worse than too few.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Joan Aiken<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n

\u201cThink of a Word\u201d (1988) The Last Slice of Rainbow and Other Stories<\/em>, New York: Harper & Row, January 1990 edition, p. 140<\/p>\n

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\u201cRight again, said the old lady, nodding some more. \u201cWords are like spices. Too many is worse than too few. Learned a bit of sense, you have.\u201d (p. 140)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source ISBN” tab_id=”1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4cf7d2-7c3a”][vc_column_text]\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library \u2013\u00a0The Last Slice of Rainbow and Other Stories <\/em>(1988) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-06-020042-1<\/p>\n

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Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”none” el_class=”Wrapper-Author-Resources”]Learn more about Joan Aiken<\/strong><\/span> | Here are a few good places to start –<\/p>\n