by Nina George copyright ©2013 Translation copyright © 2015 by Simon Pare My dear daughter gifted me this book wrapped in brown paper with a brief description. She had picked it up, along with another one which I haven’t opened yet, at a book store in Colorado. Imagine my delighted surprise when I did open …
Month: January 2021
Black Beauty
In 1969, when I was in first grade, my Easter present from my parents was an oversized illustrated copy of the book “Black Beauty” by Anna Sewell. It was one of the first chapter books that I can remember reading. It was such a mind opening experience. I remember sitting curled up in our totally …
First Memory of Reading
I related in a previous post that I remember the light bulb moment in kindergarten of putting together the alphabet song with the actual letters. So, it seems strange to me that I do not have any recollections of “cracking the code” of reading. Back in the 1960’s students were taught to read in the …
Watership Down
by Richard Adams copyright 1972 Richard Adams’ story of rabbits seeking a new home is an adventure not to be missed. Not many would place timid rabbits as heroes in a story, but Hazel and his companions are everything one thinks of when thinking of a hero. They are daring and resourceful; they stick together …
The alphabet
I think I will start by writing about the very beginning of my reading journey. My mom says she read to me as a small child, but I do not have any memory of that. My very first memory is in kindergarten (half day back in the 1960’s!) and singing the alphabet song. I never …