From: Valiska Gregory <readermail>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 11:25:35 -0500

I couldn't agree with Lee more:
> It isn't about READING ... it's about the LOVE OF READING.
Once when I was autographing books, I met a third grader with owlish Harry Potter glasses who had spent her time in line reading the book she'd just acquired like a true bookworm.
"You look as if you're a person who loves reading," I said. She was absolutely horrified.
"NO," she said, "I HATE Reading . . . but I LOVE to read." It's not enough to teach kids HOW to read unless we also teach them to LOVE reading. Valiska http://www.valiskagregory.com

On Nov 3, 2006, at 11:11 AM, Lbhcove at aol.com wrote:

> I thank Emma for her endorsement of BEEN TO YESTERDAYS: POEMS OF A
> LIFE
> (Boyds Mills Press). The book has been in print now for over a
> decade and it is
> one in which I still receive more mail on than any other book I've
> done.
>
> To add to Emma's list, I strongly endorse the poignant new verse
> novel
> HUGGING THE ROCK by Susan Taylor Brown (Tricycle Press).
>
> ...ROCK relates an unusual relationship between a father and
> daughter ....
> how they must learn to live, love, cope -- go on with their lives
> -- together
> --
> after the protagonists's bipolar mother leaves the family.
>
> In addition to BECOMING JOE DIMAGGIO, Maria Testa has also penned
> SOMETHING ABOUT AMERICA (Candlewick, 2005), a moving verse novel
> about immigration inspired by true events that took place in Lewiston,
> Maine, in 2002 ... a VERY timely topic.
>
> Lastly, I don't know if it would work today...but I, myself was a
> "struggling
> reader" who didn't get into books until I was l2 or l3. A
> brilliant teacher
> got me into reading by reading play scripts such as SOUTH PACIFIC,
> CAROUSEL, DEATH OF A SALESMAN, etc.
>
> I couldn't get through long expository passages but I COULD
> understand
> plays that prefaced each character's speech...e.g. NELLIE FORBUSH,
> BILLY... etc.
>
> MY teacher weaned from comic books and pulp magazines leading me to
> the
> greatest classics I'd ever known.
>
> Again, it is the power of the TEACHER or that special LIBRARIAN
> who knows
> his/her student readers...who weaves magic...who changes lives --
> like no other human being can.
>
> It isn't about READING ... it's about the LOVE OF READING.
>
> LBH
>
>
> www.leebennetthopkinsbooks.com
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