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My First Reading Memory
My earliest reading experience was watching old reruns of The Electric Company and episodes of Sesame Street on PBS. I learned about the alphabet and each letter's sounds, phonics, and vocabulary. I was usually in a motel, bus station, or my grandmother's house. After a while, I would sound out words and try reading any newspaper or print I could. -
Reading the Ginormous Family Bible
My grandma kept a giant family Bible from the 1970s on a tall table. I had to use a chair to reach it. When my grandmother caught me reading the giant family Bible, I had so much trouble trying to pronounce anything. It was a King James version, so there were a lot of “Thous” and “Shalts.” I remember being so proud of myself for trying because it was the biggest book that I had ever seen.