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I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house.

Beverly Cleary

We didn’t have television in those days, and many people didn’t even have radios. My mother would read aloud to my father and me in the evening.
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Father Mother People
She was not a slowpoke grownup. She was a girl who could not wait. Life was so interesting she had to find out what happened next.
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Girl Interesting Waiting
I enjoy writing for third and fourth graders most of all.
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Enjoy Thirds Writing
I feel sometimes that in children’s books there are more and more grim problems, but I don’t know that I want to burden third- and fourth-graders with them.
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Book Children Want
My mother would read aloud to my father and me in the evening. She read mainly travel books.
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Book Father Mother
Ramona stepped back into her closet, slid the door shut, pressed an imaginary button, and when her imaginary elevator had made its imaginary descent, stepped out onto the real first floor and raced a real problem. Her mother and father were leaving for Parents’ Night.
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Burton Father Imagination Mother Real Step
Don’t stop now. Go ahead! Be readers all of your lives. And don’t forget, librarians and teachers can help you find the right books to read.
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Book Helping Teacher
I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library.
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Fairy Tales Great Library
Nothing in the whole world felt as good as being able to make something from a sudden idea.
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Able Ideas World
All knowledge is valuable to a librarian.
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Knowledge Librarian Valuable
He was dressed as if everything he wore had come from different stores or from a rummage sale, except that the crease in his trousers was sharp and his shoes were shined.
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Different Rummage Sales Shoes
I read my books aloud before they were published.
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Books Publisher Read
When I was in the first grade I was afraid of the teacher and had a miserable time in the reading circle, a difficulty that was overcome by the loving patience of my second grade teacher. Even though I could read, I refused to do so.
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Patience Reading Teacher
With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading on their own.
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Book Chance Reading
I think the best teachers had a real interest in the subject they were teaching and a love for children.
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Children Real Teacher
I was an only child; I didn’t have a sister, or sisters.
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Children Only Child Sister

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