Although many books for babies are just pictures, these books went beyond decorative into outright surrealism. I just wanted her to love books.Īt the library I stumbled across a cool genre of children’s books that I didn’t know existed: stories without words. None of this was in the name of hothousing her into Harvard. I spent hours reading to her at an age (2 months) when most people assume “it’s not important yet” to read to a child. Her eyes would brighten and she’d kick her legs so hard that she’d pant.Ĭlassics like Go Dog Go and Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb made her squeal with delight. Before my daughter could even sit up I would lie on the floor with her and read to her. When I became a parent, the thing I most looked forward to was getting to develop a reader. Books were journeys, friends and a feed bag for knowledge. Learning to read was the best thing that ever happened to me.
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