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elleng

(130,732 posts) Wed Jul 22, 2015, 10:46 PM Jul 2015

Dr. Seuss and the book review remind us of the joys of childhood reading.

http://www.nytimes.com/times-insider/2015/07/22/dr-seuss-and-the-book-review-remind-us-of-the-joys-of-childhood-reading/?_r=0

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Dr. Seuss and the book review remind us of the joys of childhood reading. (Original Post) elleng Jul 2015 OP

The greatest gift my parents gave me brer cat Jul 2015 #1

Wonderful work you do! elleng Jul 2015 #2

These are the memories that last a lifetime. brer cat Jul 2015 #3

brer cat

(24,523 posts)

1. The greatest gift my parents gave me

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Wed Jul 22, 2015, 11:02 PM

Jul 2015

was respect for books and a life-long love of reading. I sell vintage and newer used children's books, and I love to see the children's faces light up as they pore over them. It makes me sad to see the ones who don't care about books...they are missing so much.

A new Dr. Seuss is such an unexpected treat.

elleng

(130,732 posts)

2. Wonderful work you do!

Reply to brer cat (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 22, 2015, 11:12 PM

Jul 2015

With 2 little grandsons and a granddaughter on the way I've gone through my archive, incomplete as it is. Lots of stuff in storage, I think, and whenever I find something and show it to my 'girls,' young mothers now, they OOOH and AHHH!!!

I'll order this new book for them asap!

brer cat

(24,523 posts)

3. These are the memories that last a lifetime.

Reply to elleng (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 22, 2015, 11:23 PM

Jul 2015

My granddaughters are 13 and 14 now, but they come to visit they still pull out the books we read when they were so much younger. Some stories just never get old.

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