Thursday, March 1, 2018

Read Across America on Friday, March 2!



I have always been a bookworm. My voracious reading habits were instilled in me as a child, growing up in Jamaica, Queens, with daily browsing through my elementary and middle school libraries in conjunction with making weekly expeditions to my local Queensborough Public Library. I always read biographies—Harriet Tubman, Annie Oakley, Francis Marion, Frederick Douglass, Samuel F.B. Morse, Alexander Graham Bell. I also read any series of books involved in mystery, especially Encyclopedia Brown and Nancy Drew. I also read Classics Illustrated comics—which provided great versions of classic novels. Among my favorite books back then were (are), in no particular order: To Kill A Mockingbird,  Frankenstein, The Soul Brothers and Sister Lou, The County of Monte Cristo, Daddy was a Number Runner, Robinson Crusoe, and Oliver Twist.

Friday, March 2 is Read Across America Day, celebrated in honor of Dr. Seuss and devoted to demonstrating the importance of reading to young people. I will be reading to students at Queen City Academy tomorrow afternoon. I would encourage everyone to read to take some time tomorrow to read aloud to the young people in your sphere—even if only for 15-30 minutes—it really makes a difference!

Best,

Rebecca

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