La magia de leer

Synopsis of La magia de leer

«La magia de leer» is an essay by José Antonio Marina and María de la Válgoma on reading, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (168 pages).

The book presents reading as a magical and transformative experience: it explains why the reading habit is lost, how to recover it, and what pleasures poetry, fiction, or non-fiction offer. It also analyzes reading's competition with movies, television, or video games and offers reasons to return to it.

Published in 2005, it is organized into seven chapters with specific tasks for parents, primary school teachers, and secondary school teachers.

Aimed at parents, teachers, professors, and curious readers who want to understand how the love of reading is awakened and preserved.