As A Child, I Disliked Books In

When I Was In The First Grade I Was Afraid Of The Teacher And Had A Miserable Time In The Reading Circle, A Difficulty That Was Overcome By The Loving Patience Of My Second Grade Teacher. Even Though I Could Read, I Refused To Do So.

My Favorite Books Are A Constantly Changing List, But One Favorite Has Remained Constant: The Dictionary. Is The Word I Want To Use Spelled Practice Or Practise? The Dictionary Knows. The Dictionary Also Slows Down My Writing Because It Is Such Interesting Reading That I Am Distracted.

I Don't Necessarily Start With The Beginning Of The Book. I Just Start With The Part Of The Story That's Most Vivid In My Imagination And Work Forward And Backward From There.

I Had A Bad Time In School In The First Grade. Because I Had Been A Rather Lonely Child On A Farm, But I Was Free And Wild And To Be Shut Up In A Classroom - There Were 40 Children On Those Days In The Classroom, And It Was Quite A Shock.

With Twins, Reading Aloud To Them Was The Only Chance I Could Get To Sit Down. I Read Them Picture Books Until They Were Reading On Their Own.