march is national reading month in the United States

people of all ages are encouraged to celebrate

by daily reading or listening to books

as a way to strengthen knowledge, imagination, and empathy,

and to foster a lifelong love of reading and literature.

 

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‘all really good picture books are written to be read five hundred times.’

-rosemary wells

 

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i have always loved picture books and still collect them.

do you have a favorite?

 

 

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art credit: Grégoire Mabire, watercolor ink illustration