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I was a voracious reader as a child (still am). But my options weren't always great since I was also a Navy brat and we moved every few years. When we lived in Sacramento, our house was on the other side of a creek across from a city park that had a branch library. Summers, I spent a lot of time there and fell in love with Charlotte's Web. My 4th grade teacher even wrote in a memory book that she would never forget how many times I read that book.
But my dad was stationed in the Philippines for a couple of years. That was when I discovered series called Judy Bolton mystery series by Margaret Sutton. I liked Nancy Drew too, but she never seemed to grow as a person. Judy did. They're historical fiction now. lol
What were your fave books when you were young?
It is interesting how American almost only read and grow up on American books. In my country we read domestic writers, but we also have all the English, Russian, French, German, Italian, Spanish etc. classics. They take up at least 50% of what we have to read in schools, both primary and secondary.
ReplyDeleteA lot of it has to do with what's available in English. I read a lot of books written by British authors, and I loved the books done by Cornelia Funk. Excellently translated from German.
DeleteI spent so much time at the library too! As much as I could get. It was the best place on the planet...next to home.
ReplyDeleteTruth!
DeleteA blessing you had a library so close!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely!
DeleteI read all the time and was at my library a lot too. But I lived in a small, poor town, and we didn't have as many choices as I would have liked.
ReplyDeleteI'm spoiled now by how many books I can access digitally.
DeleteOur every other Wednesday bookmobile was a godsent to a reader like me. If I could reach it, I could read it. My mom was very liberal re the world of education.
ReplyDeleteWhich much have been such a blessing in your life!
DeleteOo. I forgot about Charlotte's Web. That's a good one.
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