Stories for Children / Nell's Books

Nell was sitting in the library with her friends. It was lunchtime. Nell was reading. She was always reading! She had found a book about cats and was happy.

But she was the only one with a book. Her friends had gadgets in their hands. Sunita had a phone; Saffron had a tablet.

Why don t you look at books? she said. We are in a library!

Books are old-fashioned, said Sunita. I don t know why you like them!

I love everything about them, said Nell. I love the feel of the paper... the shiny cover... the pictures. I love the smell of a new book! I like turning the pages to see what comes next. Look at this - it s gorgeous. She held up the cat book to show them. The photos are lovely.

But they never change, said Saffron. If you open that book tomorrow, all the photos will be the same as today. That s boring! I like things to be different.

Sunita nodded. Me too.

Look at this, said Saffron. She moved closer to Nell to show something on her tablet. You like cats, right?

Nell nodded. And I love kittens.

OK, kittens. Saffron tapped at her screen. So look - kittens. Hundreds of them. Thousands of them! More than you could ever look at.