I have always loved books and reading was a favorite past time of my childhood. My mother made me feel very grown up by telling me to just pick something up for her too while I was at the library because she would like whatever I brought home. So after my gradeschool day was over I would walk the 3 or 4 blocks from school to the Yakima library (I loved walking too) and spend a happy time perusing the shelves for intriguing titles. I don't remember the many books that were brought home but I remember my mother liked to read the Jack London books and we both read Laura Ingalls Wilder's. Then came reading to Matthew and Mark - little boy's books about steamshovels, engines that could and such :) - and now reading with Bianca. Generations of reading - I must be getting older! Somehow I missed reading Winnie the Pooh along the way. I can't imagine how that happened. I discovered Pooh by reading the Tao of Pooh as an adult. Bianca loves the Pooh - and all bears are Pooh to her.
I have always loved books and reading was a favorite past time of my childhood. My mother made me feel very grown up by telling me to just pick something up for her too while I was at the library because she would like whatever I brought home. So after my gradeschool day was over I would walk the 3 or 4 blocks from school to the Yakima library (I loved walking too) and spend a happy time perusing the shelves for intriguing titles. I don't remember the many books that were brought home but I remember my mother liked to read the Jack London books and we both read Laura Ingalls Wilder's. Then came reading to Matthew and Mark - little boy's books about steamshovels, engines that could and such :) - and now reading with Bianca. Generations of reading - I must be getting older! Somehow I missed reading Winnie the Pooh along the way. I can't imagine how that happened. I discovered Pooh by reading the Tao of Pooh as an adult. Bianca loves the Pooh - and all bears are Pooh to her. 
2 comments:
I missed Winnie the Pooh too. I first heard of it at Girl Scout camp, which was such a horrible experience that I didn't read it till years after that.
Bianca is getting cuter all the time. She looks like she is a real personality and knows her own mind, as they say.
Bianca is adorable.
I have just read through a few of your recent blogs - wonderful wonderful pictures etc. My daughter-in-law took her 7 1/2 year old and 5 1/2 year old to the Nutcracker also - what a wonderful experience.
On the subject of reading, let's exchange comments - I've recently done a blog entry about childhood reading experiences.
Janet
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