How old were you when you realized you loved to read, and what book sparked that love???

Question

For me it was "Go Dog Go" and I was about 3.....and the beat went on.....

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Answer 1

I was 12, For Alice in Wonderland

Answer 2

What a great question! I cannot remember a time when I didn't love to read. My mom read aloud to my sister and I every day. And then, of course, as soon as I started school I was eager to read things myself. There are several picture books that I claim as favorites...Umbrella by Taro Yashima for example is one of my all time favorites. I loved the rhythm of the book. I don't know if you are familiar with it. But the book is about a little girl, Momo, and her first day using her umbrella which she received as a birthday present. Anyway, the rain went "bon polo, bon polo" etc. Another picture book that I loved was Hand Hand Fingers Thumb by Al Perkins. It was a great book. I still remember bits from it..."Hello Jack, Hello Jake, Shake hands, shake hands, shake shake shake." And Blueberries for Sal was great too. I remember the plink of the blueberries in the pail.

As far as chapter books, Winnie the Pooh of course is up there on my list. And Little House on the Prairie. And how could I ever forget Ramona Quimby! I love the 'engagement' ring (worm) that Henry Higgins gives her in kindergarten or first grade.

Answer 3

I loved to read from a very early age on....I was reading before I reached kindergarden. My aunt taught fourth grade so she had access to all sorts of books from the other teachers that were age appropriate whatever my age was.

I loved reading Make Way For Ducklings because I lived near Boston and could go visit the Public Garden and ride the Swan Boats and see the bronze statues of the ducklings from Robert McCloskey's book.

I also love One Morning In Maine and Blueberries for Sal. I think I read all of those books ragged once I realized how much fun reading was.

I've had a love affair with books ever since.

Answer 4

my mom said I used to lay in the floor and tantrum because I didn't know how to read when I was three. She started teaching me by phonics.. I dont' remember the specific book that I first knew of but I do remember loving Goodnight Moon and some other book about a neighborhood of kids that organizes a pet parade "circus" where they dress up all the pets like circus animals. I wonder what that was called?? But I LOVED reading as a child, used to read under the covers at night with a flashlight.

Answer 5

Up to the second grade, I loved reading Carolyn Haywood's series of books about a boy named Eddie. Then after a series of dull reading assignments in school, I came to the conclusion that I hated to read. It wasn't until I read 'Farenheit 451' for a high school English class that the fire was rekindled. After that Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' is the first book I remember picking up and reading on my own initiative. I've been reading ever since.

Answer 6

I was 7 and it was Grimm's fairy tales.
By now I am well beyond 5,000 books and counting...

Started in German, with all the different font styles they use, and read these Gothic types fonts at the same speed as the present stuff.
At 15 I taught myself English out of comic books (took about 1,200 before I could read books without pictures). The first ones took 1:45 hours, the last ones 20 minutes.

Answer 7

I fell in love with reading ever since I could do it on my own (about 4). I didn't really have a favorite book just anything with words and pictures. Then I went through a rebellious stage where I wouldn't read anything. Then I fell back in love again when I was about 19 and the book was Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt. I've since read all of Frank McCourt and Malachy McCourt's books.

Answer 8

I could'nt read when a nice neighbour gave this book called 'The Animal Man', about short stories from Africa. My father and elder sister read it out to me. Then I was in the II Standard (6 yrs), when one afternoon I sat with Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and finished in one sitting. It just transported me somewhere else. Then I and another kid in my class used to buy Superman and Superboy DC comics. It was just great. Till now, I haven't counted, but I have read a lot of books.

Answer 9

I remember going to preschool story time at the library and hearing Curious George. About the only thing I remember from first grade is going to the library, way up on the top floor of the school and hearing a story. Can't remember the story, but the experience sticks in my mind.

Answer 10

I was between a baby & 4yrs. old living in Singapore. My father (R.A.F) used to read & tell me stories which he taped on an ole-fashioned tape recorder with two reels. There was a story about an indian boy being chased by tigers so he ran round a tree & climbed it when they weren't looking, the tigers chased each other so fast & furious that they turned into melted butter! When I started school I won prizes all the time for reading, my favorite books were by Dr. Seuz Green Eggs & Ham etc. My father & I were never close in later life & we never met again in the 9yrs. before he died, but he inspired me to love language and literature which is probably why I teach it. So come on Dads, Inspire your kids, read to them.

Answer 11

I Was 8 When I Started Reading Harry Potter