A book is like cake to me, if it is good, I will most certainly devour it. I loved reading many books when I was younger, and it seems as if my favourites were all branches of Dr. Seuss. These days I tend to read from many different authors, but there has always been this main theme throughout all the books I have enjoyed. Themes of wild imagination and endless possiblities. I suppose I like the thought of always keeping an open mindset, the idea that anything is possible.
I can remember pleading my parents to read them over and over again, "The Cat In the Hat", "Green Eggs and Ham", "The Fox in Socks", but there was one book that I couldnt stop reading, "The First of Octember!". Just thinking of it now, a rush of memories come flooding in. A story of a special day in the year where everything and anything that could be imagined, would come true. I cherished this book cause it gave me the inspiration to go forth and conquer anything, the belief that nothing is ever impossible. Not to mention the pictures are really pretty to look at!
One of my favourite books of all time would be "Alone On a Wide Wide Sea" by Michael Morpurgo. An absolutely heart wrenching tale of a terminal old man retelling his story of being seperated from his family during WWI, sent to Australia, and his quest to find his long lost sister. Throughout the book he never gives up hope and, sadly, even when his life does come to an end, his daughter continues on in his name. This book also emits a sort of fairytale story that dreams do come true. I like that.
These two books really give me that boost to simply dream big. Perhaps it shows many that I am a bit of a star-gazer, someone without their feet firmly on the ground, but thats okay with me. I would prefer to always have something to think about, then nothing at all. People who never dream, never seem to really live. What I am trying to say, is take that leap, experiment and dream often, cause you never know.
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