In every literate society, learning to read is something of an initiation, a ritualized passage out of a state of dependency and rudimentary communication. (Alberto Manguel)

In every literate society, learning to read is something of an initiation, a ritualized passage out of a state of dependency and rudimentary communication.

Alberto Manguel

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