Tag: reading
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February 22, 2023
On a recent plane trip, as we were all disembarking, I walked past a mother and a child still seated. They were reading Blueberries for Sal. I said, “Blueberries for Sal! I love that book. I remember my mother reading it to me.” Mother and child both looked up. The mother smiled and said, “She…
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October 12, 2022
A few weekends ago, I was sitting around with a group of friends and we got to talking about books we had loved when were kids. Lots of different titles were discussed: Harriet the Spy, The Secret Garden, Anne of Green Gables, Winnie-the-Pooh, Island of the Blue Dolphins, Henry Huggins, Fantastic Mr. Fox, James and…
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October 4, 2022
Last Monday evening, and then again on Saturday afternoon, I got to meet readers at in-person events. If you are tired of bad news, I have some good news for you: The kids who came through the signing line were kind and thoughtful and made very good eye contact. Each face I saw cheered me…
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August 16, 2022
Last week, a neighbor presented me with a battered copy of The Tale of Despereaux and said, “My daughter is heading to college soon. I read Despereaux to her when she was 8 years old and she’s read it on her own lots and lots of times since then, and last week, she asked me…
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July 19, 2022
WHAT I SAW IN THE BOOKSTORE Two kids, siblings probably. The older one (7 years old, maybe says to the younger one (4 or 5 years old): Sit down and we will do story time. Younger one: No. Older one: I said sit down and we will do story time. Younger one: No, no, no.…
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June 22, 2022
I was sorting through old photos and found this one of my brother and me in the tree fort in the backyard of the house where I grew up. Whenever someone says the words “summer reading” to me, I am immediately transported back to that tree, the green leaves, the blue sky, and the library…