15 May 2011

How to open a new book

I remember being taught this in grade school.  I doubt any children today are.  Perhaps it's not necessary (?).

Via The Centered Librarian.

10 comments:

  1. Never ever seen insturctions for opening a new book before, so yes, this is new to me.

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  3. The moment I saw the title, I thought of this video.

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  4. I taught high school English for 33 years, and whenever my students were fortunate to obtain new textbooks, I lead them in these directions. The books really did last longer.

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  5. This is exactly how I was taught to open a new book...several decades ago.

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  6. Never taught this--just my folks and teachers made us be careful with hardback books. Paperbacks were considered to be somewhat tacky--but I loved them because they would fit in my purse. I remember reading in Regency novels about a character getting a new book and carefully slitting the pages before reading them, since they were bound like a fan fold.

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  7. R-E-S-P-E-C-T That's the way to treat a book.

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  8. Wow - I've never heard of this before and, being honest, am unlikely to do it ...

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  9. Any idea of the date? I love the subjunctive, "If the book be a large one..." And "leaves" for "pages."

    --Swift Loris

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  10. When I volunteered at the elementary school library in the early eighties (I was in High School), opening new books was one of my responsibilities. This is exactly how i was taught.

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