I have read for pleasure ever since I learned to read the printed word and it has afforded me more pleasure than anything else in my life.
I started to school at Sunny Lane while mother, Richard and me went to stay with my Powell grandparents awaiting the birth of my brother.
I noticed that my grandfather read ever evening and I could see that he enjoyed reading and I decided that this was something I wanted to do. The school had a few books that we could take home so I picked out this very pretty book about Peter rabbit to take home. I told grandpa I brought you a book to read and he said give it to me and I will read it to you. We only lived there about 6 weeks and then went back to Denver and there I went to Celo Jackson's class at Denver.
I went to school at Denver 2 years and began to learn to read the Dick and Jane books.
Then Daddy moved us to the the farm on dry creek and we went to school at Coin, Auburn Green was my teacher and that year I got my first hard back reader, it was a book about boys and girls in different lands. I took that reader home and read it from cover to cover the first week-end. In that day we were assigned certain times to study our subjects. We were supposed to read our lesson and I was doing something else. Mr. Green scolded me for not studying my lesson and I told him I had read it already. He ask how much have you read and I said all of the book. He went to the last story in the book which was about Laplanders in the Newfoundland and ask me to tell him what it was about which I did.
When we went to the Douglas school I was in the 4th grade. Mary Teeters was my teacher. She told us she was going to read from a book every day for us. She started reading Tom Sawyer to us that day and I enjoyed the story. Mrs. Teters went back on her word and didn't read to us the next day. I ask her when she was going to read the book, Tom Sawyer again and she said I don't have time here is the book you read it.I told her I couldn't read it she told me just try and if you want to know a word I will tell you. I read that book before the day was over and I have been reading ever since.
I feel very sorry for people who have never known the pleasure of reading.
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Me too.
Heaven help the house work if I get a good book. I think the first big novel I ever read was "Gone With The Wind" and I haven't stopped reading since. What type of stories do you like best...I like historical fiction. I do love a twister like "The Last Symbol' by Dan Brown that I just read. The house caught heck that week I read that book..could not put it down
You are so right Patsy about reading. One of the first things I taught all my children was to spend time each day reading something. They are all avid readers like me. I cannot imagine a world without books! Have a great weekend.
I think it is funny that all the sisters love to read and the brothers don't read for pleasure. I am sorry that Mr. Green was mean. I knew Daddy really did not like him and I think it is because he was not good to you and Richard. Reading is a joy. I enjoyed hearing of your schooling.
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