Think the reader gene has kicked in?

[semperfiona]

Last Saturday, Rosa and I went to the library. She came down from the children's section with five picture books. Fine and dandy, I checked out five books myself. One of them, Castle Waiting by Linda Medley, I had picked up, looked at the cover blurbs, looked at the introduction, thought it sounded interesting, flipped open at a random page. It was a graphic novel, 487 pages long. So after I got it home and started reading it, Rosa became enthralled and wanted to snatch it away from me. I told her she could certainly read it, but she had to wait until I was finished. I half-expected her to forget about it.

She didn't. As soon as I finished it, she grabbed it up and started reading. Today, she carried the book about with her all day, and finished it. That's the longest book she's ever read. And on top of reading over 300 pages of graphic novel today, she read all of Where the Sidewalk Ends. Little girl spent about four hours reading today.

The other night, she asked me whether she could read after the bedtime ritual. She had her little flashlight right there for reading under the covers. I told her she could, but she had to remember she had school the next day. I figured if she thought she was getting away with something by reading that maybe reading would become enticing to her.

She was doing it again tonight. *self-satisfied grin*

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I need your help.

[wbolden.livejournal.com]

Hi, My name is William and I'm trying to get in touch with an old friend of mine that you are actually friends with. Her name is Tammy and she has a daughter named "Anna". She was a nanny in the Connecticut area (a very long time ago). Can you ask her to try touching base with me, my name is WiL. My email address is wbolden@bestweb.net
Thank you so much. I hope you still know how to get in touch with her.

:) (her last name was "Fuller")

Re: I need your help.

[semperfiona]

I'll get the message to her.

Re: I need your help.

[wbolden.livejournal.com]

Thank very much.

WiL Bolden