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I love this book \u2013 and would love everyone to read it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Its message \u2013 about becoming better grownups by being more childlike \u2013 is so necessary, so important \u2013 yet is communicated with such a lightness of touch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The book is beautifully produced \u2013 like a children’s book (and I mean that as a compliment) \u2013 with board covers, and thick pages, and clear type, and colourful illustrations. It’s the perfect format \u2013 allowing the message of childlikeness to live within the pages, rather than being drowned beneath a mass of words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet there are words enough to challenge, encourage, inspire and change us. I noted down many (sixty!) short quotations \u2013 here are just a couple, from near the start and end of the book:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We become more fully alive when we listen to the child within us.<\/p>Brad Montague, Becoming Better Grownups<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
[Children’s] unassuming honestly, open generosity, and playful curiosity brought me back to the child I once was and the grouwnup I so desperately wanted to become. <\/p>Brad Montague, Becoming Better Grownups<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
There is so much more to this book than I can communicate here \u2013 so the best thing I can say now is get hold of a copy and read it yourself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here’s the link to the book on Amazon UK<\/a> (though, of course, other retailers are available!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I do appreciate that the book is rather expensive \u2013 but if you take a look at some of the other reviews, I think you’ll see it’s well worth it. (If you can’t buy it yourself, perhaps ask for it as a present?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I should say that I have absolutely no link with the author, Brad Montague, or interest in the book \u2013 other than it speaks so eloquently on a subject that is very close to my heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I love this book \u2013 and would love everyone to read it. Its message \u2013 about becoming better grownups by being more childlike \u2013 is so necessary, so important \u2013 yet is communicated with such a lightness of touch. The book is beautifully produced \u2013 like a children’s book (and I mean that as a… Continue reading Becoming Better Grownups<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,58,17,56,30],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2k38J-1de","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asachildbook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4664"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asachildbook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asachildbook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asachildbook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asachildbook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4664"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.asachildbook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4668,"href":"http:\/\/www.asachildbook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4664\/revisions\/4668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asachildbook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asachildbook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asachildbook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}