How Books Can Fuel the Imagination
Out of all the forms of media and entertainment, none can quite compare to books and the written word when it comes to offering stimulation for a person’s imagination. With other forms of entertainment, such as film and TV, you have all of the details shown and have the story told to you through video and sound. With a book, you will be able to read the author’s descriptive words and use these to build up a picture in your own head. It is often the case that films can be based on popular books but the truth is that the film will be based on one person’s interpretation of the book, whether this is the film’s director or scriptwriter.
Books still offer one of the most popular forms of entertainment, with many best sellers and little known gems available and each with a rich tale and other world for the reader to immerse themselves in. The way that books can build images in your own mind is one thing that makes reading books so entertaining and engaging for children.
Children in particular have wild imaginations and a lot of children’s books play on this fact. Some of the most popular children’s books involve fictitious characters such as wizards and witches, or about animals that can talk.
Possibly stemming from children sitting with their parents and reading aloud to them, some parents get just as engaged and into the story as children do, the Harry Potter books alone are a great example of this. You are now just as likely to see someone on the train to work reading a Harry Potter novel as you are a child in the classroom. Whether this is because, deep inside, we all still have that wild imagination of a child or we simply enjoy a generally well written story, there’s no denying that some books span a huge range of age groups.
One activity a lot of book fans engage in is book groups or reading circles. Again, with one person’s interpretation of a book being different from the next, a book group gives the opportunity to field your own opinion, hear those of others and discuss the storyline, characters and writing style in depth.
Books are able to fuel the imagination at any age, it’s all a matter of finding the right book for you or your child.
Choose from a fantastic selection of fiction books, poetry books and children’s books online and find something to fuel your child’s imagination or your own.
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