Customer Reviews

How to Live Forever

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Thank you Mr Thompson; you have provided delight to a 45 year old child. Your book makes me wonder ... "Do I read too much?" Maybe I should choose what I read with more care.

My son (8 years old) and I found this amazing book at our Public Library. He was so delighted with the illustrations that he sat himself right down with the book and was completely enthralled...until he came to the page where the illustration of the "Ancient Child" appears. He was so completely shocked by it
that he didn't want to check to book out to take home! (and he isn't a child that scares easily). So use a little bit of caution when reading this to your young ones. As for older children and, of course, the children who happen to be parents as well, this book is just incredible.

I chose this book because of its illustrations -- Colin Thompson has come up with some very vivid and tantalizing illustrations that gave the work life. While the idea on living forever is clear through the pictures, I feel that the text could have supported the story's development and message better, especially towards the end. Overall, a fulfilling look-see. A must-buy for book-lovers.

I found this book by chance when I was in about 3rd grade at the local library and it has always stuck out in my mind. The illustrations are beautiful and the story was very interesting. I know I'll give it to my children when I have my own and everyone should do the same.

When the doors of the library close, books open to reveal a fantastic and spellbinding world. Among its residents is a young boy named Peter who is intent on finding the mysterious volume entitled How to Live Forever. As he makes his way through the library, he discovers a host of intriguing characters and learns a valuable lesson in life. Children and adults alike will thrill to this beautiful and powerful tale. Its full-color illustrations and imaginative plot will win over any open-minded adult and even the most rowdy three-year-old.

I'm sure not every kid would like this book. It's not plainly stated exactly what is happening, where the people live, etc. If your kid relies on the narrative exclusively for a story, they might be less entralled by it than others. But if you were like me, the intricate pictures told the story for me. The idea alone of living in books in a library and hunting among the shelves made me just want to keep reading so I could stay with this world a bit longer. It's difficult to describe the feeling you get from this book, and the best one I can think of is 'eternal.' Which is fitting, becuase it is about living forever. I love all the little open doors and the ubiquitous Cafe Max and imagining myself wandering around this world. This book is a metaphor and very strongly conveys a feeling.

This book is absolutely magical. I actually felt my imagination unfurling as I turned each page. The illustrations are deeply layered and compellingly detailed, riddled with trivia for adults as well as kids. You will see something new in the pictures each time you read it. It's the story of a little boy who lives in the tiny civilization that inhabits the library books after dark. One day, finding a book on immortality missing, he goes to search for it and in so doing discovers a great truth.

Meghan Mulkerin, Schuler Books, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Thanks, Gary, for the chance to look and feel better and younger. Your advice is easy to follow and makes sense to me. I may not live forever but as long as I live I plan to feel and look as good as I can