sorry Dr bill, there is a whole world of childrens literture i don't know.. neither of my parents ever read to me, (or my siblings, i wasn't singled out) and by the time i had the reading skills for books like Betrice Potter's, i was too old to enjoy them, same too for winnie the pooh.

My husband read to our kids, (he had 'bedtime' as his quality time with the kids) so i never read these books to my kids..

one of my favorite childhood books was an illustrated (with 16 color plates!) huge book of Grimm's fairytales. the first one i remember reading (chosen strictly by its length!) was 'The Swine Herders Daughter',(complete on one page) and the last, was 'the Snow Queen'(the longest!)
i could read a bit by the time i started school.. words, not sentences.. and as my word vocabulary grew, i read more and more.. (i remember being bored with See Dick, see Jane.- they were too easy for me at that age.-- but i don't realy remember when i learned to read..


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