The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs outer space Frog and Toad Are Friends

Frog and Toad Are Friends was the first of the four beloved Frog and Toad books

individual actions can add up to a big impact

Woodland is a love letter to the natural world and a call to awe and earnestness

I love children's books if they tell the truth

and even once told a hungry bear to eat acorns

The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs outer space Frog and Toad Are FriendsIn recent years, cultural commentators have sounded the alarm about the dire state of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or reading the right books, in the right way. In this book, Alan Jacobs argues that, contrary to the doomsayers, reading is alive and well in America. There are millions of devoted readers supporting hundreds of enormous bookstores and online booksellers. Oprah's Book Club is hugely influential, and a