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Eric Carle's Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See was one of the very first books I recall ever reading. This was around the time when I was learning about different colors and associating them with different animals.

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The Magic Tree House was the first chapter book series I was introduced to. This is my first memory of really using my own imagination in bringing these stories to life.

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I actually watched the movie first with this one, but it was one of the first "big" books I ever read and it was interesting for me to to point out the similarities and differences between the novel and the movie.

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The Guinness World Records books were my favorite "personal choice" books to get in the library. This was the first form of visual based literacy that I remember being introduced to.

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I read this series in the sixth grade. This was around the time where the first movie came out, so it was interesting to be able to sit through the movie and see the plot come to life and see how different it was compared to how I imagined it when reading. This was also probably the first advanced book I read in my elementary years.

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This was one of the first books assigned to us in high school. My freshman year was full of historical-fiction books and I was just introduced to what was called "dialectical journals". This was the first time I had to thoroughly analyze and reading became less of enjoyment and more of a chore.

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To this day, The Kite Runner remains as my most favorite book I have ever read. This novel pulled at everyone of my heartstrings and there was even a point in time where I had to take a break because it was some scenes were unbearably heartbreaking. Although I was assigned to do dialectical journals for this book as well, I did not mind because it was that good.

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This is an elementary level book that I have never read until college. I wanted to include this book because it felt like such a full circle moment to now be viewing literacy not just as a student but from the perspective as a teacher as well.

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Social Media is easily the biggest and most modern form of literacy used by everyone of all ages. It's pretty mind blowing to see how literacy has transformed through my life and continues to always be utilized, even if it is just scrolling through my Twitter feed. I have realized now that literacy is embedded in every aspect of my life and is something that I am constantly practicing.