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RYAN KIM, 11 “MAGIC TREEHOUSE SERIES”

BROOKE BAKER, 12 “AMELIA BEDELIA”

TESSA GREEN, 10 “SECRET TREE” WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK AS A CHILD?

children’s books played a part that infl uenced them, but

By the time I got to junior better grades and favoritism.

has their own traditions part of my life. Everybody of keeping books a stable increased the importance reading bedtime stories, simple act of my parents the Hat and his friends. The bus or along with the Cat in while he was driving the pretend I was with the pigeon me to escape reality. I could have always been a way for before bed. Since then, books and my sister every night would read stories to me Growing up, my parents

libraries in order to win their personal classroom pets would donate books to other options. The teachers’ I had a chance to look through Diaries would sell out before close to last, so I knew Dork class would visit the library of a Wimpy Kid book. My bring to buy the new Diary tell us how much money to previews in the library would the book fair. Watching the whole class was excited for In elementary school, my in many students’ childhoods.

Story by Gabriella Haynes. Thorpe Creek Elementary. throughout my years at one of my favorite things to look back on. It was be a prominent memory The book fair will always they grew out of their shoes. of their favorite stories while displayed. People grew out the actual books that were people were not there to buy not as cool anymore and with-in class. Reading was gadgets to annoy my teachers to buy toys and random its meaning. Now it was time high, the book fair had changed HOW READING HAS CHANGED ITS ROLE IN OUR LIVES CHILDRENS BOOKS VS NOWOn The Flipside On The Flipside