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From: Terrie Dorio <Terrie.Dorio>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 11:16:20 -0700
This has been a great topic! Like all of you, I read constantly when I was younger (still do!) and remember many of the books I read with complete details. But more than a single book influencing my life, at least until I was in junior high or high school, I think what really had an impact on me was the Scholastic Book Club. I eagerly looked forward to the book club deliveries, and still remember the anticipation, smell, and feel of "my" books. I think I ordered almost every biography of a woman who was a "first" - Elizabeth Blackwell, Nellie Bly, Marie Curie, Jane Adams, Amelia Earhart - and more than likely would not have read about them any other way since I always made a beeline for the fiction section at my public library. A wonderful way to own books in the days before many children's books could be found in bookstores.
I'm glad that The Family That Nobody Wanted has been mentioned. I went to school with one of the many Doss children, but had no idea a book was written about the family until years later. A new edition was published in 2001.
Terrie Dorio
Branch Manager/Youth Services Librarian
Santa Monica Public Library
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Received on Thu 25 May 2006 01:16:20 PM CDT
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 11:16:20 -0700
This has been a great topic! Like all of you, I read constantly when I was younger (still do!) and remember many of the books I read with complete details. But more than a single book influencing my life, at least until I was in junior high or high school, I think what really had an impact on me was the Scholastic Book Club. I eagerly looked forward to the book club deliveries, and still remember the anticipation, smell, and feel of "my" books. I think I ordered almost every biography of a woman who was a "first" - Elizabeth Blackwell, Nellie Bly, Marie Curie, Jane Adams, Amelia Earhart - and more than likely would not have read about them any other way since I always made a beeline for the fiction section at my public library. A wonderful way to own books in the days before many children's books could be found in bookstores.
I'm glad that The Family That Nobody Wanted has been mentioned. I went to school with one of the many Doss children, but had no idea a book was written about the family until years later. A new edition was published in 2001.
Terrie Dorio
Branch Manager/Youth Services Librarian
Santa Monica Public Library
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