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If You Find a Rock
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Visit our Help Pages. But now the Kindle has slipped to the back of the desk drawer behind the Blu-Tack that comes out only at Christmas. Meanwhile, the stack of hardbacks and paperbacks on the bedside table has grown so tall it has spawned sub-stacks on the floor; when I get into bed at night, it is like looking down on a miniature book city. So why is the physical book winning through?
Ten years ago, when the Kindle launched , the idea was miraculous. Here was the ability to carry hundreds of books enfolded in a tiny slip of plastic, countless stories in a few hundred grams. It seems hard to believe when you look at the thick, black plastic surround — stylistically it bears more resemblance to a cathode ray tube TV than a tablet — that it predated the iPad by two years.
A decade on, lay a Kindle next to a smartphone or tablet and it looks so much older, while the reading experience it delivers has scarcely progressed. I think your average reader would say that one of the great pleasures of reading is the physical turning of the page. It slows you down and makes you think. Indeed, the take-up of tablets among book buyers has slowed since a flurry between and , according to Steve Bohme, UK research director at Nielsen, which conducted the research for the Publishing Association.
There are fewer new readers of digital books, and they tend to consume physical books as well. Oyster , the so-called Netflix for books, folded after a year. Another thing that has happened is that books have become celebrated again as objects of beauty. They are coveted in their own right, while ebooks, which are not things of beauty, have become more expensive; a new digital fiction release is often only a pound or two cheaper than a hardback.
Kate Hosford , illustrated by: Gabi Swiatkowska - 21st Century, 32 pages. Can a very small girl understand anything as enormous and complicated as infinity? This quirky philosophical book transforms the mind-numbing concept into a kid-friendly personal story.
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With clever, old-fashioned illustrations. Find Infinity and Me at your local library. Peggy Christian , illustrated by: Poetic celebration of rocks, pebbles, stones, and boulders. Explores the many ways kids use rocks — from skipping to climbing to making a wish — and where they can best be found. Artfully designed with hand-tinted, black-and-white photographs. Teaches exploration, observation, and appreciation. Ideal for young geologists and creative, outdoorsy kids. Find If You Find a Rock at your local library.
How I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill
Four major snake families are presented in this meticulously organized book packed with abundant information on the diet, venom, anatomy, reproduction, behavior, and life cycle of these legless reptiles. Beautiful close-up photography makes every scary scale visible on the fifteen specific species shown, including king cobra.
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