Give the Gift of Reading
This article was written for the Robesonian. In third grade I had a teacher who read the class Judy Blume’s Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. That is the book that got me excited about reading. That storyline and how it was written had me picking up books and reading on my own. I learned certain authors told stories in a manner that spoke to me and other authors didn’t have the same attraction for my brain. That is also when I figured out that when you find an author whose writing style speaks to you, you start reading everything they have ever written and anticipate what may be coming down the line. I’ve taken you down this twisted memory lane tale to say reading books (whether pages or on a screen) is an awesome gift to give a young person, and not just at the holidays. This is an everyday page/life turner. I remember my Daddy getting a new book from a favorite author and laying on the couch through the night to finish it because he liter...
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