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In second grade, my teacher Mrs. Hartwig  read the book Doll People to my class. I became so in love with the book and so fascinated by the book because of the way she read it that I went out to go buy the next two books to read for myself. I can't wait to read this book to my students or kids in the future because it's so fun!

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My biggest difficulty as a reader is finding a book that I enjoy and can immerse myself in. It seems that when I got older and busier, my reading consisted mainly of assigned books. I love to read and can become addicted to reading a certain book, but I need to be able to enjoy what I'm reading and not feel pressured to read it.

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Beginning my life as a reader, I became so fascinated with  books that I wanted to copy the them word for word in a journal. There are still numerous notebooks filled with my chapter book writings that my mom saved.

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Having two elementary school librarians as close family friends and role models has kept me up to date with the various books and stories that are popular in the elementary world, and prepared me for my reading classroom. I was so moved when Mrs. Molengraft presented me with two boxes full of books from her classroom for me to share with my students one day!  I can share the same discoveries within those books with a new generation!

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I absolutely love these books! Not only was the world of Hogwarts a fascinating escape, but it was also fascinating to see how these books developed with me as a reader. As I was growing up and becoming more complex in my reading, so were these books. I was able to stay immersed and interested in these books over the many years.

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In high school, this book was definitely one I struggled with. I had never struggled with a book before and I had just found this one to be confusing and very different  from anything I had read before. It was tough as someone who normally understood books to have to struggle with one.

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Moving into my world of elementary school, I loved reading as many books as I could. Because Accelerated Reader was such a popular reading program at the time, I was reading as many books as I could, and as quickly as I could, including, Junie B. Jones and The Babysitter's Club.

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Every Christmas Eve my grandmother would read to my siblings and me a storybook she had written and created herself. In this way reading had also become a family tradition.

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This Dr. Seuss classic was the very first book I learned to read. In kindergarten, I was assigned to choose one book to learn and read to the class and this was the one. Once I mastered reading Green Eggs and Ham, I was constantly repeating it because of how proud I was that I finally accomplished reading a full book.

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I tend to love reading series because it allows the story to continue even after the first book. Some series I read include Pretty Little Liars, Twilight, Hunger Games, Harry Potter and Of Fire and Ice. My favorite place to read is on the beach. This is where I started the first book of Of Fire and Ice, Game of Thrones, this summer! My boyfriend and I are reading it together and would sometimes read it aloud to one another in the car on the way to the beach

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Having access to a public library and a mom who loved to use this membership influenced my frequency of reading as a child. We were constantly making trips to check out numerous books at a time.

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My mother was very influential in my development as a reader. She was and always has been a bookworm, and seeing her love for books made me want to love them just as much too!