--- product_id: 265186507 title: "Random House Books for Young Readers A Velocity of Being: Letters to A" price: "2588820₫" currency: VND in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.vn/products/265186507-random-house-books-for-young-readers-a-velocity-of-being store_origin: VN region: Vietnam --- # Random House Books for Young Readers A Velocity of Being: Letters to A **Price:** 2588820₫ **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Random House Books for Young Readers A Velocity of Being: Letters to A - **How much does it cost?** 2588820₫ with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vn](https://www.desertcart.vn/products/265186507-random-house-books-for-young-readers-a-velocity-of-being) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Buy Random House Books for Young Readers A Velocity of Being: Letters to A by Bedrick, Claudia, Popova, Maria online on desertcart.ae at best prices. ✓ Fast and free shipping ✓ free returns ✓ cash on delivery available on eligible purchase. Review: Esta muy bonito pero el papel no me gusto, la calidad de las impresiones me las imaginaba mejor. Review: This book is a collection of articles, essays, poetry and pictures so enjoyable one item at a time. It gives insight into the importance of reading for brain development as well as for new ideas, places, experiences and insights into the human condition. Have purchased a copy for each of my stepdaughters and their families. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #99,430 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #601 in Children's Books on Art #605 in Children's Books on Question & Answer Games #825 in Biographies for Children | | Customer reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (662) | | Dimensions | 20.45 x 3.18 x 26.8 cm | | Edition | Illustrated | | ISBN-10 | 1592702287 | | ISBN-13 | 978-1592702282 | | Item weight | 1.13 Kilograms | | Language | English | | Print length | 280 pages | | Publication date | 21 December 2017 | | Publisher | Enchanted Lion Books | | Reading age | 10 years and up | ## Images ![Random House Books for Young Readers A Velocity of Being: Letters to A - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71D6DCeQ9hL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by A***Z on 19 May 2021* Esta muy bonito pero el papel no me gusto, la calidad de las impresiones me las imaginaba mejor. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by J***C on 14 March 2019* This book is a collection of articles, essays, poetry and pictures so enjoyable one item at a time. It gives insight into the importance of reading for brain development as well as for new ideas, places, experiences and insights into the human condition. Have purchased a copy for each of my stepdaughters and their families. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by S***H on 18 December 2020* A Velocity of Being: Letters to Young Readers, a beautiful and huge, 280-page hardcover brick of a book compiled over eight years or more through their asking dozens of leading people in the public sphere—many of them not surprisingly writers—about the way reading had been central in the shaping of their lives (no one said it hadn’t been important, of course; I assume any such letters were respectfully not included. I was imagining some of the letters from some of my high school students many years ago as a counter-argument). . Some letters I liked came from Jane Goodall, Neil Gaiman, (educational psychologist) Jerome Bruner, Ursula K. Le Guin, Yo-Yo Ma, Judy Blume. I liked most of them, don’t get me wrong, but after a time I wondered about the audience for such a book. Pro-reading types, of course: Librarians, English/language arts teachers, Goodreads readers!! as well as the target audience stated in the title, young readers, but if they already like to read they would mostly rather read a book than talk about why books are so great. And the kids (or adults) who hate reading, well, this book ain’t gonna talk ‘em into it. But many of the statements are lovely, what any of us might have said, though why have a book what we said, we want to know what successful said about how reading help shape them and become world-renowned. It’s a kind of well-written confirmation of most readers’ generally held views, some of them a bit short and obvious. But this is one gorgeous artifact, a coffee-table book every school and library oughtta have on display. I’ll tell you why I would personally want it, though. Popova also knows thousands of terrific illustrators, and she gets some of the best I know, a one page illustration per letter: Isabelle Arsenault, Chris Ware, Oliver Jeffers, Maira Kalman, Shaun Tan, Art Spiegelman. Almost every page is gorgeous, just stunning, like visual poems about reading. That’s the primary reason why this book gets five stars from me. I loved Chris Ware’s two page illustrated story, one of my faves. I liked this story: Author Elizabeth Gilbert skipped school to stay home and read Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls. She got caught lying and was grounded. Yet she never forgot that day or that book. (How many days would I have preferred to stay home from school and just read a book all the way through!? Many of them!) Holocaust survivor Helen Fagin once lived in a Polish ghetto where reading was punishable by hard labor, even death (like slaves in this country!), but she risked her life running a secret school for kids, though it couldn’t be about facts, she soon realized: “What they needed wasn’t dry information but hope, the kind that comes from being transported into a dream-world of possibility. There are times when dreams sustain us more than facts.” Though I generally liked school, that’s why I would have wanted to stay home from time to time, as learning in school was often configured as an accumulation of facts and skills rather than passionate engagement with the world through the imagination. You and I already know this, but it is nice to see it confirmed here again and again in this book. ## Frequently Bought Together - A Velocity of Being: Letters to A Young Reader - The Snail with the Right Heart: A True Story - The Universe in Verse: 15 Portals to Wonder through Science & Poetry --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vn/products/265186507-random-house-books-for-young-readers-a-velocity-of-being](https://www.desertcart.vn/products/265186507-random-house-books-for-young-readers-a-velocity-of-being) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vietnam* *Store origin: VN* *Last updated: 2026-05-16*