"Childhood Reading"

            My favorite thing to read ,when I was a child, was definitely "The Westing Game". I read it so many times because, you don't just understand it after only reading it once. At least at that age. (12 or 13) It held the reader with such mystery and unknowing excitement, I couldn't put it down. And like I said, I revisited that book so many times, just so I could come to a full understanding of the story. Once you understand what happened and "who" did what, it gave a very fulfilling accomplishment. I still read that book in my spare time.

          I was first learning to read around the first grade. They weren't picture books but they weren't long chapter books. I was only reading a few years above my "supposed to be" reading level. I was very influenced by my mom. She was an avid reader and still is.