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Since I’m a reading specialist. Dr. Wolf is one of my heroes. 🦑

“Human beings were never born to read. Reading is a human invention that reflects how the brain rearranges itself to learn something new. Proust and the Squid chronicles the remarkable journey of the reading brain not only over the past five thousand years, since writing began, but also over the course of a single child's life, showing in the process why children with dyslexia have reading difficulties and singular gifts.

Lively, erudite, and rich with examples, Proust and the Squid asserts that the brain that examined the tiny clay tablets of the Sumerians was a very different brain from the one that is immersed in today's technology-driven literacy. The potential transformations in this changed reading brain, have profound implications for every child and for the intellectual development of our species.”https://www.maryannewolf.com/proust-and-the-squid

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Katrin 2y ago

Read it years ago, but it’s a great one to revisit. I took the pic at a beach house we stayed at. Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain

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Katrin 2y ago

#bookstr https://www.amazon.com/Proust-and-Squid-Maryanne-Wolf-audiobook/dp/B001EY6XFM

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