My History as a Reader

By CoraDunk3
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    My History as a Reader

    Cora D.

  • Children's Bible

    My mom read this to me from a very early age. She started at about 2 years old and read it to me up until I was a teenager.

  • Goodnight Moon

    My mom read this book to me when I was 2. It was always one of my favorite nighttime stories.

  • The Hungry Caterpillar

    My mom read the Hungry Caterpillar to me when I was three.

  • If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

    I read this book when I was beginning kindergarten. I loved it and my teacher made it very special to our classroom. She baked us cookies after she read us the book

  • Green Eggs and Ham

    I also read this book in kindergarten and my teacher made us green eggs and ham.

  • Who Was King Tut?

    My second-grade teacher read this to us. We did a whole unit on the pyramids and King Tut and Hieroglyphics. It started my love for Ancient Egypt that I still have to this day.

  • Magic Treehouse

    These were the first real chapter books I read by myself. I loved them so much. I read them a lot that year.

  • The Cricket in Time Square

    We read this book together as a class in third grade. Our teacher (who was my mom) brought in snacks related to the book and we all read it and had a fun experience.

  • Number the Stars

    We read this book together as a class. It was my first time discovering what the Holocaust was and it had a lasting effect on me.

  • The Chocolate Touch

    This is a book I read in fourth grade. I really liked it, and it is the only book I remember reading at that age that I actually liked.

  • The Egypt Game

    This was another class read that I enjoyed. I read it in fifth grade. I was already fascinated by Egypt, and this was a mystery book that started my love for that genre.

  • To Kill a Mockingbird

    This was one of my favorite reads of all time and still is. I read it in eighth grade. It really made a major impact on me and still does to this day. It opened my eyes to a lot of real-life experiences that I had never thought about before.

  • The President's Daughter: A novel

    This book is about Thomas Jefferson's daughter who was born a slave. She is mixed. It talks about her life and her struggles. This opened my eyes at that age to the racial prejudice that happened in this country and still continues to in different ways.

  • The Life of Pi

    This is a classic that I read sophomore year of high school. It was just a really good read.

  • The Color Purple

    I did my independent reading study project on this book my senior year. It was a good read, and I went on to watch the musical.

  • The Scarlet Letter

    I read this book junior year of high school. It brought up a lot of questions about society and the prejudices that are put on women.

  • Pride and Prejudice

    I also read this book senior year. It made me have an appreciation for the author Jane Austen.

  • The Vanishing Half

    I read this book when I was 19 and I really liked it. It was a good read and good suspense book. It also represented identity and the family dynamic.

  • Twilight

    I read the book Twilight for the first time after my mom recommended it to me. It was a fun read.

  • They Both Die at the End

    This is a book I just recently finished. It gave ma whole new outlook on the meaning life is short. It just made me appreciate life a lot more.