From: jamindel at comcast.net <jamindel>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 15:35:44 +0000

I clearly remember being read to by my 4th/5th grade teacher, Mr. Ron Wetterholt. He is the one that is responsible for sparking a love of reading in me. He had a wonderful voice and would set aside 1/2 hour everyday to read to us. He read us The Hobbit, Watership Down, fables by James Thurber and many others. I've already read to my 6 year old Stuart Little and My Father's Dragon. Both of these books lend themselves beautifully to being read aloud. I look forward to hearing what others have to say. Jannis Mindel Chicago Public Library

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Miss Carswell read, Island of the Blue Dolphins to us after recess. Talk about settling down a class full of fourth graders! Magic, adventure, and girl power.


Rita Williams-Garcia www.ritawg.com


"Mary Ann Gilpatrick" 08/03/04 08:23 PM Please respond to "Mary Ann Gilpatrick"

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I don't remember being read to by my parents much; I do remember my grandfather reading *The Rooster Crows.* I thought the bear climbing an icy-looking mountain was magical, and so was the "I see the moon" picture, and the sailor looking out to sea. I still get a wave of nostalgia looking through it.

I for one am glad it has been reissued without the objectionable pictures, so the book can live.

The musicality of the language may have been its main appeal.

I quite often read the children's story in church as well as on the job, of course, as well as being a storyteller.

Oral language has become more and more important to me.

A reading by Seamus Heaney at the local college awhile back was positively orgasmic.

I can say that on this list, right?

Mary Ann Gilpatrick Walla Walla Public Library mgilpatrick at ci.walla-walla.wa.us FAX: 509R7748 phone: 509R7E50 x 510


 Message----From: ishams [mailto:ishams at bigpond.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 3:59 PM To: Subscribers of ccbc-net Subject: [ccbc-net] read-alouds

We read hundreds of books to our three children from birth, but what stands out the most in my memory, & in theirs, is the reading of The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings. When our eldest was about 5 or 6 years old my husband

began with The Hobbit. When the second was about that age, he began again,
& then again with the third. So all three heard the series at least 3 times. I washed the dishes from the evening meal (very quietly) as my husband read, so that I could share the experience as well. We were plunged into another world every evening.

Marion Isham Illustrator/Author




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