![]() These are some of the first stories we hear as children-stories of princesses and princes, trickster animals, awful parents, lost children, witches, and monsters. I truly believe stories have the power to change the world.Īnd no type of story has more power than the fairy tale. Being able to open a window into another way of life, another way of thinking, can help shape a person’s worldview in an important way. Stories offer an opportunity to explore different viewpoints to which we might not have access, to see ourselves in situations distinctive from our own, and to walk in someone else’s skin for a while. I know there are many of us, both book professionals and readers, who can look back at the books we read and clung to in high school and childhood, and know that those books helped us get through things that might have been too much otherwise. ![]() ![]() I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that when I was a teenager, books saved me. ![]()
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