This month our school wide reading program encourages students to "let your love of reading grow." This made me pause and think about the books that I truly fell in love with- the books I continue to read every year, the books I pick up and feel a flood of happy memories. I grew up with women in my family who read voraciously. My mom, grandmother, and aunts were always reading, trading books, and talking about books. If it was just my mom and I having dinner at home, we got out our books, propped them up against salt shakers or plates and read. We would often curl up in the living room together on weekends and read, the comfortable silence broken when one of us would laugh or gasp out loud at something from the book we were reading. My grandmother and aunts passed books from their childhood reading on to me- Little Women, the Bobbsey Twins, Judy Bolton. To this day, my mom, aunts, and I continue to read, trade, and talk about books, though I have since graduated to "grown up" books! I dug out a few of my childhood favorites to share with you, though. I hope this inspires you to share your love of reading with your own child- whether it's your son or daughter, a niece or nephew, or your grandchild.
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AuthorMrs. C is the Media Specialist at Burnette Elementary. She loves reading and sports, and is always up for a lively discussion about either topic. Archives
May 2016
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