From: Jill Davis <jilldaviseditor>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 03:07:25 -0700 (PDT)

HOP ON POP and LITTLE BEAR made me love books.

PIPPI and THE TRUMPET OF THE SWAN got me reading on my own.

A paperback biography of HELEN KELLER was my introduction to re-reading and to emotional writing.
(W-A-T-E-R!) And it gave me my first historical heroine.

In fourth grade, my beautiful tall skinny teacher Miss Coughlin read two books aloud (and did the voices, too!)--and those are the two that have stuck with me, and lived comfortably in my brain and body ever since:

A WRINKLE IN TIME and THE PUSHCART WAR.

Of all the books I have read, the PUSHCART WAR has stood up best, remained terribly relevent, and still has the hugest dose of bubbling personality.

The V.C. ANDREWS books and THE REINCARNATION OF AUDREY ROSE shwoed me about the guilty pleasure of reading and were my introduction to the darker side of books.

CATCHER IN THE RYE made me aware of wanting to know more about an author, and how an author's voice could be so strong, completely penetrating, and come across so stunningly in a book. It was also the book that showed me I should re-read to pick up details I had missed.

Sorry to be so long, but it's so much fun...

Jill Davis

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Received on Thu 25 May 2006 05:07:25 AM CDT