I can not remember a time I could not read. As a young child on sunny days I would hide behind my father’s lazy boy chair at the end of our hallway, thumbing through the Encyclopedia Britannica. Even now I love to read indoors during a hot summer day. To me a good book and a hammock on a front porch is pure heaven.
In grade two we moved to town and the book mobile became the highlight of my week. Soon I was old enough to travel on the bus to the city library. Heidi, the adventures of the Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew and Little Women were my childhood favourites. The Classics Illustrated comics took a good portion of my weekly allowance.
I haven’t visited the library in years , as I am now a fan of yard sale and thrift store books. Each night I read myself asleep, just like I did many years ago.
What’s your favourite childhood book?
Black Beauty was my favorite – I probably read it 20 times.