I don't remember learning to read. I went to school already knowing how. Both my parents read to us before bed. I remember one time my sister and I were sitting on Dad's and right when he got to an exciting part in the story, the springs on the rocker broke and we went crashing back. It was a long time before my sister could listen to that story without crying when we got to that part.
I got my first library card at the town library when I was in 1st grade. The building was quite impressive, I think it was a Carnegie library. I can still remember the booky smell of it. Sometimes I have dreams set in this library, although I really remember very little about it. That summer the library had a read so many books get a candy bar - I think it was a Baby Ruth. Well, I earned my candy bar in about a week and promptly started to earn another. The librarian was suspicious that I had really read the books and made me tell her about each one. (Not the last time I would be questioned by a librarian.) I got my candy bar but was banned from participating again. I guess you were supposed to take all summer to earn the candy bar. And here I thought I was going to have candy all summer long.
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