{"id":831,"date":"2018-12-31T15:34:09","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T15:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/?p=831"},"modified":"2020-03-20T12:28:39","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T12:28:39","slug":"books-are-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/2018\/12\/31\/books-are-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Books are Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My friend Ginny gives talks in schools sometimes. The topic is \u201cBooks are Friends!\u201d It\u2019s interactive and the kids also get to add their two cents worth. This is how it goes:<\/p>\n

F is for Friends!<\/strong> Books are better than friends because you don\u2019t have to ask somebody\u2019s permission to go and visit a book (unless you want to go to the library) and books don\u2019t get cross and fight with you. You never feel lonely when you have a book for company and you can have fun escaping into fiction or fantasy. Plus you can use them to find out facts. Reading sets you free!<\/p>\n

R is for Reading!<\/strong> You can read a range of books at any rate you want to \u2013 fast or slow. You rest when you want to, and if you enjoyed a bit, you can return to it and read it again. You can read about your rights too.<\/p>\n

I is for Interesting!<\/strong> Books are incredibly interesting and inspiring. Reading makes you intelligent. You can read important stuff. It\u2019s impossible to get bored if you have a book to read. Of course, don\u2019t forget \u2013 books are printed with Ink.<\/p>\n

E is for Everybody!<\/strong> Books are for everybody and can be found everywhere. Excellent books explain things and equip you with knowledge. They are exciting and entertaining. Best of all \u2013 you don\u2019t need electricity to read a book with your eyes.<\/p>\n

N is for Nice!<\/strong> New books are nice too.\u00a0 Books are necessary, we need them. You can turn to the next page to see what happens in the story every night. Books have names \u2013 just like you and I. But you should never ever mistreat your friends.<\/p>\n

D is for Dependable!<\/strong> Just like a really good friend, books are always there for you. You can read the daily and when you have finished your book, you can donate it to somebody else to read. They are delightful but you do have to look after them. Dictionaries are great books too. Diaries are books that you can write about your own life. Don\u2019t forget about digital books either!<\/p>\n

S is for Story!<\/strong> And for Sibo<\/strong> of course! Some of our story books talk about saving water, electricity and strays. Taking shorter showers and planting seeds.\u00a0 Separating rubbish and recycling.<\/p>\n

On Saturday there is a pop-up book fair at the Alkantrant Library, Lynburn Rd, Lynnwood Manor, Pretoria from 09h00 \u2013 12h00. Come and meet some new friends. Get your Christmas shopping done nice and early.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lots of love,<\/p>\n

Sibo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My friend Ginny gives talks in schools sometimes. The topic is \u201cBooks are Friends!\u201d It\u2019s interactive and the kids also get to add their two cents worth. This is how it goes: F is for Friends! Books are better than friends because you don\u2019t have to ask somebody\u2019s permission to go and visit a book … Continue reading “Books are Friends”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[34,68,193,12],"tags":[204,131,77,120],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":832,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831\/revisions\/832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}