This is something every teacher could make a poster of for their classroom.
Daniel Pennac’s The Reader’s Bill of Rights
I. The right to not read
II. The right to skip pages
III. The right to not finish
IV. The right to reread
V. The right to read anything
VI. The right to escapism
VII. The right to read anywhere
VIII. The right to browse
IX. The right to read out loud
X. The right to not defend your tastes
Daniel Pennac gets her own listing in Wikipedia and is an award winning French children’s author
2 responses so far ↓
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Greg
// May 30, 2007 at 10:31 pm
Leigh,
Glad to see you visited the blog. I’m disappointed that my cluster map didn’t give you a pin in Turkey! I like your site…I’m glad I found it.
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Kelly
// Jun 1, 2007 at 2:09 pm
I think that list is absolutely appropriate, and yet… I’m glad that I was sometimes coerced into reading things that I didn’t want to read. I appreciate the knowledge that I have as a result. And now when I read, I can choose not to read while understanding what it is that I’m choosing not to do… and I can avoid certain genres based on experience rather than prejudice.
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