My History as a Reader

  • My Mom First Started Reading to Me

    My Mom First Started Reading to Me
    My mom started reading to me when I was four years old. The first books she read to me were Dr. Suess. She would read to me and my siblings every night. That became a family tradition.
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    My Reading Timeline

  • Good Night Moon

    Good Night Moon
    Midnight Moon is a very important book to me. My mother loved reading it to me, and I loved listening to it, along with my siblings.
  • Berenstein Bears

    Berenstein Bears
    By the time my youngest brother was born, we had moved on from Dr. Suess to the Berenstein Bears. Our family loved those books, and read them often.
  • Stinky Face

    Stinky Face
    I loved the Stinky Face books when I was a kid, and they made me feel closer to my mom when she read them to me.
  • The Giving Tree

    The Giving Tree
    The Giving Tree was also one of my family's favorite books to read. My siblings and I loved it.
  • The First Book That I Read in School

    The First Book That I Read in School
    I remember doing soooooooooo many bookmarks on the Junie B. Jones during second grade. They were fun.
  • The First Books That I Read On My Own For Fun

    The First Books That I Read On My Own For Fun
    I used to love the Magic Tree House books. I spent all of second, and a good chunk of third, reading them. I still have every single Magic Tree House book.
  • Ramona

    Ramona
    Third grade was the year that I beacame good friends with Ramona Quimby. I loved all of her books. These were the first books other than the Magic Tree House that I read for fun.
  • Shel Silverstein

    Shel Silverstein
    These were the first poems that I'd ever read.
  • The First Book I Read That Got Turned Into A Movie

    The First Book I Read That Got Turned Into A Movie
    During fifth grade, I read my favorite book series: Harry Potter. I'd watched the first movie before, but this was when I finally discovered that they were books, too. Not only was this my favorite book series, but it was also the first book that I'd read that had been turned into a movie.
  • From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

    From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
    This is another book that my fifth grade teacher read to my class in fifth grade. We also saw the movie.
  • Roald Dahl

    Roald Dahl
    My fifth grade teacher was a big fan of Roald Dahl. During that year, he read my class The BFG, The Witches, and Matilda.
  • Holes

    Holes
    Holes is the first book that I remember my teacher reading to me.
  • Percy Jackson

    Percy Jackson
    I read the Percy Jackson books for the first time in sixth grade. Somebody in my class did a book report on The Lightning Thief, and that got me hooked. I've read the series twice now, and still love it.
  • My First Book Report

    My First Book Report
    The City of Ember is the first book I remember doing a book report on. It was one of several that I did in sixth grade.
  • Twilight

    Twilight
    I read the Twilight saga for the first time in seventh grade. I'd seen the movie before, but I had no idea what it was and was actually bored by it. My opinion definetely changed that year!
  • The Hunger Games

    The Hunger Games
    I'd heard people talk about the Hunger Games in eight grade, but I didn't think much of the series until I got curious enough to read the books. Boy, was I amazed! I have now read the Hunger Games three times!
  • The Inheritance Series

    The Inheritance Series
    The Inheritance series was last major series that I have read and really enjoyed.