My review of "Proust and the Squid"
Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf
My review
rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was a very engaging and enlightening book. For someone like me who has a small curious child, this has reinforced the need to read with him every night.
As the book mentions, a child’s brain is naturally able to communicate verbally (all of the neurological structure is there to do this). But a child has to learn how to communicate through writing by forming and utilizing many different areas of the brain. In so doing, the brain is changed (as covered in the book) and forces the child to associate emotions with images.
If you need any impetus to help read to your child every night, read this book. It shows how such as small investment in time will help your child to grow up with the tools needed to prosper in a world that changes day by day.
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