An Image and a Blog Post to Illustrate the Power of Books and Reading

This morning,

Seabury alumna Laura Daily Strickland sent me this powerful collage of images, via Facebook:

 

By Mladen Penev

No caption needed!

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And proud-to-call-her-my-friend young adult author Terri Farley tweeted about a truly poignant story:  

Old cowboy's regret bit.ly/10cuy3S @edutopia, @mauilibrarian2, @librotraficante, @readingrainbow, @solanolibrary #truestory
— Terri Farley(@Terri_Farley) May 5, 2013

This touched my heart. ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊

My #PLN rocks! (◕‿◕✿ ) 
@mauilibrarian2