Why I Am the Reader I Am Today

  • 5 years old

    5 years old
    My Mom read to us each and every day
  • 7 years old

    7 years old
    We had the best librarian in the world! She used fantastic voices when reading to us.
  • 8 years old

    8 years old
    My teacher choose book that were interesting and encourage me to read.
  • 8 years old

    8 years old
    My dad would read Bible stories to us. I eventually had them memorized.
  • 10 years old

    10 years old
    I would read daily to my younger siblings. I eventually taught two of them how to read.
  • 11 years old

    11 years old
    We began homeschooling. My mom would take us every Friday to the Library to pick out 10 books each.
  • 20 years old

    20 years old
    Harry Potter entered my world! I began reading the Harry Potter series and fell in love!
  • 29 years old

    29 years old
    My daughter was born. I read to her every chance I got from the moment she was born.
  • 35 years old

    35 years old
    I took an English Lit class in college. New studied dystopian and apocalyptic books. To this day, that was the best class I have ever taken. It is the reason I decided to become a teacher.
  • 27 years old

    27 years old
    My son was born. I read to him from the moment he was in the womb. I read to him every night once he was born.