{"id":1363,"date":"2022-04-13T15:21:18","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T05:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.readingopensdoors.com.au\/?p=1363"},"modified":"2022-04-13T15:21:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T05:21:20","slug":"now-and-then","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.readingopensdoors.com.au\/?p=1363","title":{"rendered":"Now and Then"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"876\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.readingopensdoors.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Now-and-Then-xxx.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.readingopensdoors.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Now-and-Then-xxx.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blog.readingopensdoors.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Now-and-Then-xxx-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.readingopensdoors.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Now-and-Then-xxx-768x748.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Now and Then <\/em>written and illustrated by Fiona Levings is a non-fiction picture book which explores the stories and similarities that connect the lives of seven year old Doug in 1940 with eight year old Jem in 2019. Doug lived in the same house located in the seaside town of Margate, Tasmania in 1940 that Jem resides in with his family in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On each double page spread you see Jem\u2019s story on the left hand page and Doug\u2019s on the right which allows for direct comparison between the different times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The illustrations are wonderfully detailed and provide so much information about the ways in which the environment and way of life has changed enormously over the past eight decades. 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