![]() L'Engle also had a truly sublime writing style - she wrote in a rich, almost sensual style with lots of little details that make you feel like you are actually present with the characters. Years later, reading it with my duo, it did so again.Ī Wrinkle in Time is a book that defies easy classification - it isn't typical fantasy or sci-fi, it's a children's novel that integrates physics and philosophy into the story, and it's rife with religious symbolism. My memory of reading this book as a child is so vivid it undoubtedly made an impact on me at the time. Which is when Little Miss Thang grabs the books and takes a turn reading.Īmy's Top Five: Chapter Books to Read with Kids:Ī Wrinkle in Time has remained, to this day, one of my all time favorite books. I believe each book on this list weaves timeless and universal themes through eloquent prose incorporating unexpected characters and intriguing plots. I am also not afraid to admit that every single one of them made me cry. This list contains, in my humble opinion, a special class of literature: children's books which have as much to offer to adults as children. My kids are quite competent readers on their own, but I still love cuddling in bed or on the couch and fully immersing ourselves - transporting all three of us to another world - through the imagery and prose of a really good book. Watching their faces light up as they grasped a new sound and could put together - Dog on a log - was one of the true joys of motherhood.īut what I really love, is reading true children's literature with my children. ![]() I enjoyed endured Where is Baby's Belly Button so many times the flap covering baby's belly button is nowhere to be found. Yes, I enjoyed reading to my duo when they were wee little tikes. I love turning the pages, anticipating the next twist, and cheering for the underdog.Īnd what I've discovered in the past few years is that I also love reading with my children. He writes about the convergence of social media and medicine.I love the escape, the fantasy, the surprises, and the emotional releases books provide. “Medical students continue to learn in a system that assumes we can teach a doctor what they need to know instead of empowering them to access what they need to know.”īryan Vartabedian is a a pediatric gastroenterologist at Texas Children’s Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine. You’d go to the mailbox and pick up that 200 page journal and you were all set. There was once a time when physicians could get their hands around what they needed to know. Access to information is the bedrock of the health 2.0 movement.” The face-to-face encounter with a physician is evolving as a more narrowly defined element in an individual’s quest to understand their condition and get better. But the web has created a type of disintermediation. For the better part of civilization our role as physician has centered around privileged access to information and knowledge. While the idea of a patient bringing new research to her doctor isn’t a new phenomenon, in the broader historical context it’s huge. “Physicians no longer control information.
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