Natalie Babbitt
Isn't that the truth? There is always something lurking in my to be read pile; or jotted on a scrap of paper or fervently written into my app that tracks books. And that's all before I step into a book shop!
I imagine that as a children's book author and illustrator Ms Babbitt felt these were words for children to hang onto - to try and build their sense of books as refuge and companion. Which if you are lucky enough to have happen to you as a child, stays with you forever.
ABC Radio National recently ran a project called The Top 100 Books. The presenters had selected 1000 book titles and asked their audience to vote for their top 10. All books had to have been published this century - so we had 25 years' worth of books to choose from which proved interesting.
About 280,000 people voted.
What I loved most was seeing what other people chose; and sitting down trying to capture my top 10 books of the 21st century. I will post about that another day - but the link to this Thursday Thought is that the list of top 100 books; followed by 101-200, has left me with so many more books to choose to read that I have a lifetime of reading ahead and that makes me happy. I don't think I will ever be bored or lonely.
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A world of books... a lifetime of books.
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