1982
An Invitation
November 1982


“An Invitation,” Friend, Nov. 1982, 8

An Invitation

A book can be an adventure all by itself

Into the times and lives of man.

Books are just waiting, stacked shelf upon shelf—

Read them! Read them! Oh, read all you can!

The time for discovering’s just begun;

All the heroes wait from centuries past.

A thousand summer hours of shade or sun

Will not diminish half the words amassed.

Doors will be opened, casements flung wide

To new beginnings; knowledge will expand

To far horizons on every side.

Your world will grow as you understand

The people you meet—foe and friend.

Books hold life—and joy without end.

Illustrated by Shauna Mooney