Willow ,'Empty Places'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
One of her reviews was simply, "Nobody does historical fiction like LHA."
Her historical fiction is fantastic, but Speak was the first book of hers I read, and it's about a girl who was raped. It's ... there are no words for how good it is. Absolutely a must-read.
One of my mother's friends was an elementary school teacher and she came to visit and while she was staying with us she taught me to read using The Tale of Benjamin Bunny. That was sometime before kindergarten, I think.
Her historical fiction is fantastic, but Speak was the first book of hers I read, and it's about a girl who was raped. It's ... there are no words for how good it is. Absolutely a must-read.
Interesting. She wants me to pair up books, so that might make a good partner for 13 Reasons Why.
All that said, I love those books. (Possibly because my embarrassing ignorance allows me to overlook the faily parts.) I recently re-read them, and I have to learn to not read to the end of book 3.
Hey, I am Teppy! I re-read the first book fairly often, but book 3 kinda makes me twitch.
I taught Speak, and it is fabulous.
My grandmother was an elementary school teacher (2nd grade), and lived across the street from us. She taught me to read using Fun with Dick and Jane from her classroom when I was 4. The coolest thing was playing "school" at her house had real books and stuff like that. Also? Helping set up her classroom at the end of summer was very fun. Not so fun? Her red-lining my letters home when I was in college oy!
My first books were The Pokey Little Puppy and The Enchanted Egg. I loved those books. My poor mom had to read them over and over and over to me. I still have them along with my World of Pooh, Misty and Stormy books.
All that said, I love those books. (Possibly because my embarrassing ignorance allows me to overlook the faily parts.) I recently re-read them, and I have to learn to not read to the end of book 3.
Hey, I am Teppy! I re-read the first book fairly often, but book 3 kinda makes me twitch.
Book 3 doesn't make me twitch; the end makes me cry like a baby. Every. Time.
I have no idea what the first book I read was. I started reading at age 3(and haven't stopped since :) ). Apparently I taught myself.
My mother has my favorite children's book still-- Wise Dog [link]
I don't think I learned to read with picture books, as my mom started me with The Bobbsey Twins and Boxcar Children at about 3, and I learned to read Boxcar Children. At least according to mom I have no recollection of learning to read.
The family lore is that my brother taught me to read on Winnie the Pooh (because he was tired of being asked to read to me). I don't actually remember, though.
Eta: I do remember my sister learning her letters while my mom read the Little House books to us so sis learned "W" first because it started so many chapters (the editions we read had a big flowery script letter beginning each chapter)
I bought the 1st and 3rd Tripod books not too long ago (within the last 3 years, probably?) because my DH still had the 2nd from when he'd read them as a kid and I was unable to start the series in the middle. Of course, I read the 1st one and realized that the second one is actually packed in a box out in the shed. Oops.