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A look at Books!

9/2/2015

 
I love old books. I can't pass up a chance to look through the "discard" rack at the library, which is where I found this treasure. It's a book called Books! by Murray McCain and John Alcorn, published in 1962.
My copy was free, and understandably, the dust jacket has seen better days.
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The inside flaps tell you what you're getting into.
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The contents of the book are a beautiful jumble of fonts and illustration styles, all in hot pink, red, and a sort of mustardy brown. And it is all about books, and how wonderful they are. This speaks to me.
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The next few pages describe the physical attributes of a book: paper, binding, thread, glue, dust jacket. Also, they can come in all shapes and sizes, but, "Most books are just right for holding." And then:
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There are books about all sorts of topics, and books that help teach you things, and even books to color in.
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First off, there are hard words, like "planetarium," "if," and "Paderewski." Then, there are:
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(How much do I love that two of the "words to think about" are "manhood" and "the President"? A whole lot.)
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This page starts off a few pages about letters, which form words, and punctuation. "Put them all together, and you get books!" After listing a few more ideas about what books can do — that some books are about things that happened a hundred years ago, and some books are about things that may happen the day after tomorrow — we close with:
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Thank you Books! for celebrating what I love about books! And, hooray for library discards!
xo
Leo Hwang link
9/2/2015 01:06:17 am

Totally awesome Book!

Denise
9/2/2015 02:18:50 am

I would love to read this with my six year old! So cute!

Debbie
9/2/2015 12:13:33 pm

Thanks, guys! It looks like they reprinted this book more recently in a larger format, and Amazon still has a few copies left: http://www.amazon.com/Books-Murray-McCain/dp/1623260205

margaret link
9/16/2015 10:36:43 am

How marvelous that you found this for free! I've just checked my library and they do not have a copy, however, it is in print and available from booksellers online.

Thank you for the heads-up about this fantastic tome --
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Debbie
9/16/2015 09:10:32 pm

I saw that amazon had a few copies left! The colors are certainly brighter than in my copy... Glad it's available to everyone!


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