THE READING MACHINE

(“La machine à lire de Bouquinville”) Ingrid Chabbert & Raùl Guridi | Frimousse, France | 40pp | 23x 30 cm

In bookville, people love books! But they have a particular way to discover new ones. They listen to stories from a robotic voice. Nothing more simple: you go to the library, chose a book and slide them into a machine. No need to read anymore. Until one day, the machine breaks down. Panic! Their only resort seems to be Simone, an old lady, who still knows how to read. Will she accept to tell them stories? Or will she teach them something much more important?

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