how did you get into books?

In article <3cd79f7a.0407261000.665fb09.DeleteThis@posting.google.com>,
brigitzkrieg.DeleteThis@hotmail.com (brigit bardot brigade) wrote:

 > as a child? your purents push you?
 >
 > or on your own? early in life or later?
 >
 > what da first book that you think it sooooo special?

My parents read to me when I was little (most of the professional
authors I know, who are all great readers in adulthood, had this
experience as well); my dad was an illustrator of children's books so
there were always good kid books around and dummy books that he was
doing sketches in.

Nobody pushed me, though. My mom taught me to read when I was five so I
would stop pestering her (she was a free lance designer and worked at
home), which meant that my First Grade teachers went nuts because I
already was way ahead of them when I got into class and they didn't know
what to do with me.

I was deeply into the Lone Ranger series, Bomba the Jungle Boy, a little
bit of Tarzan (loved lost cities and exploration tales), and Nancy Drew.
And then there was MISS KELLY, about a cat that could read and speak,
which I adored. Gave it to my grandkids recently without checking it
out and then discovered that, like so many books of the time, it had a
hugely racist caricature in the cook who worked for Miss Kelly's human
family . . . . sigh. And I remembered that my parents had pointed it
out, uncomfortably, even then -- but it sure slid righ out of my pointy
little head afterward, while the neat story of a cat who finds a "job"
interpreting for the animals in the Central Park Zoo took root there as
a wonderful tale from childhood.

Suzy

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Crowfoot <suzych RemoveThis @swcp.com> wrote in message news:<cehbat$guv$1@iruka.swcp.com>...
 > In article <3cd79f7a.0407261000.665fb09 RemoveThis @posting.google.com>,
 > brigitzkrieg RemoveThis @hotmail.com (brigit bardot brigade) wrote:
 >
  > > as a child? your purents push you?
  > >
  > > or on your own? early in life or later?
  > >
  > > what da first book that you think it sooooo special?
 >
 > My parents read to me when I was little (most of the professional
 > authors I know, who are all great readers in adulthood, had this
 > experience as well); my dad was an illustrator of children's books so
 > there were always good kid books around and dummy books that he was
 > doing sketches in.
 >
 > Nobody pushed me, though. My mom taught me to read when I was five so I
 > would stop pestering her (she was a free lance designer and worked at
 > home), which meant that my First Grade teachers went nuts because I
 > already was way ahead of them when I got into class and they didn't know
 > what to do with me.
 >
 > I was deeply into the Lone Ranger series, Bomba the Jungle Boy, a little
 > bit of Tarzan (loved lost cities and exploration tales), and Nancy Drew.
 > And then there was MISS KELLY, about a cat that could read and speak,
 > which I adored. Gave it to my grandkids recently without checking it
 > out and then discovered that, like so many books of the time, it had a
 > hugely racist caricature in the cook who worked for Miss Kelly's human
 > family . . . . sigh. And I remembered that my parents had pointed it
 > out, uncomfortably, even then -- but it sure slid righ out of my pointy
 > little head afterward, while the neat story of a cat who finds a "job"
 > interpreting for the animals in the Central Park Zoo took root there as
 > a wonderful tale from childhood.
 >
 > Suzy

that aint nothing compared to the rap music your grandkids will be
listening to as they grow older. old black stereotypes are downright
mild and harmless compared to new ones created by blacks themselves,
always acting like crazy thug savages and calling eachother niggers
and calling women ho's and shit.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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In article <3cd79f7a.0408010040.35085ba9 RemoveThis @posting.google.com>,
brigitzkrieg RemoveThis @hotmail.com (brigit bardot brigade) wrote:

 > Crowfoot <suzych RemoveThis @swcp.com> wrote in message
 > news:<cehbat$guv$1@iruka.swcp.com>...
  > > In article <3cd79f7a.0407261000.665fb09 RemoveThis @posting.google.com>,
  > > brigitzkrieg RemoveThis @hotmail.com (brigit bardot brigade) wrote:
  > >
   > > > as a child? your purents push you?
   > > >
   > > > or on your own? early in life or later?
   > > >
   > > > what da first book that you think it sooooo special?
  > >
  > > My parents read to me when I was little (most of the professional
  > > authors I know, who are all great readers in adulthood, had this
  > > experience as well); my dad was an illustrator of children's books so
  > > there were always good kid books around and dummy books that he was
  > > doing sketches in.
  > >
  > > Nobody pushed me, though. My mom taught me to read when I was five so
  > > I
  > > would stop pestering her (she was a free lance designer and worked at
  > > home), which meant that my First Grade teachers went nuts because I
  > > already was way ahead of them when I got into class and they didn't
  > > know
  > > what to do with me.
  > >
  > > I was deeply into the Lone Ranger series, Bomba the Jungle Boy, a
  > > little
  > > bit of Tarzan (loved lost cities and exploration tales), and Nancy
  > > Drew.
  > > And then there was MISS KELLY, about a cat that could read and speak,
  > > which I adored. Gave it to my grandkids recently without checking it
  > > out and then discovered that, like so many books of the time, it had a
  > > hugely racist caricature in the cook who worked for Miss Kelly's human
  > > family . . . . sigh. And I remembered that my parents had pointed it
  > > out, uncomfortably, even then -- but it sure slid righ out of my pointy
  > > little head afterward, while the neat story of a cat who finds a "job"
  > > interpreting for the animals in the Central Park Zoo took root there as
  > > a wonderful tale from childhood.
  > >
  > > Suzy
 >
 > that aint nothing compared to the rap music your grandkids will be
 > listening to as they grow older. old black stereotypes are downright
 > mild and harmless compared to new ones created by blacks themselves,
 > always acting like crazy thug savages and calling eachother niggers
 > and calling women ho's and shit.

Needlessly offensive blart. I don't like nasty sexist crap either,
but perceive it to be much more about class than it is about race
(listen to poor Whites talk about women sometime).

Suzy

Suzy

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