A Book is a Book

Author: Jenny Bornholdt and Sarah Wilkins

"We’ve enjoyed stepping back and thinking about what it is we value about books and reading. Every time we read A Book Is a Book , we have a different favourite page." Julia Marshall, Publisher

A beautifully produced, small-format jacketed hardback with simple illustrations that are whimsical yet humorous.

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"We’ve enjoyed stepping back and thinking about what it is we value about books and reading. Every time we read A Book Is a Book , we have a different favourite page." Julia Marshall, Publisher

A beautifully produced, small-format jacketed hardback with simple illustrations that are whimsical yet humorous.

Description

A beautifully produced, small-format jacketed hardback with simple illustrations that are whimsical yet humorous. A book is to read. A book belongs in a library, on a bookshelf, in a bookshop, in your house. A story belongs wherever a story belongs. If it's Sunday and raining, a book is the perfect thing. Even a small book, because boredom can be very big. You can read a book while you walk, but you have to be careful not to bump into things.

Critic Reviews

“PreS-Gr 2"In this book modeled after the cadences of Ruth Krauss's classic A Hole Is to Dig (HarperCollins, 1952; 1989), a childlike voice explains the many characteristics and uses of books. The story will charm bibliophiles with declarations such as 'If it's Sunday and raining, a book is the perfect thing. Even a small book, because boredom can be very big.' Delicate paintings show a wide variety of realistic and fantastical reading situations (but not much diversity). While the text emphasizes print, some of the illustrations do sneak e-readers into the mix. As an extra treat, a secret reader is painted on the case beneath the book jacket. There is no real story line here, just a meditation on the joys of reading. This tiny tome will make an excellent gift for the book lovers and librarians in your life and might make a good marketing tool for the other books in your library." School Library Journal”

“a riotously colourful piece of imagination for children” -- North and South Best Books for Christmas (NZ)

"There are just a few lines of text per page but they are so perfect … expounded in the whimsical painted illustrations."

-- Magpies Magazine
“Altogether this book is a joy” -- The Scotsman (UK)

About the Author

Jenny Bornholdt is an acclaimed poet. In 2005–06 she was the NZ Poet Laureate and she received the 2003 Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Award. She lives in Wellington, New Zealand.

Sarah Wilkins has worked as an illustrator in Australia, USA, New Zealand and France. She won the LIANZA Russell Clark Award for Illustration in 2003.