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My Love for Reading Then and Now
My love for reading began when I was in the fourth grade. My teacher was Mrs. Schroeder and I vividly remember her reading to the class “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing” by Judy Blume. The title alone caught my attention right away. I thought it was cool to have “fourth grade” in the title of the book seeing that I was in fourth grade as well. I had always looked forward to the late afternoon readings from Mrs. Schroeder. She read this book with such emphasis and imagination that she had the undivided attention of the class hanging on her every word. One of the characters in the book is named “Fudge”. When she would read the name “Fudge” aloud, it would spark laughter in the class. Fudge is the little brother in the book and Peter is his older brother. Fudge is always embarrassing Peter or Fudge is getting all the attention. No matter what Fudge did, it was always interesting and humorous to the class. Once Mrs. Schroeder was finished reading the book, I was disappointed because I could not comprehend that I may never hear of Fudge or Peter again. I wanted to hear more about the characters and what would be coming next for them. That is when Mrs. Schroeder mentioned the sequels. I knew I had to get them. I had asked for them as gifts or I would check them out of the library. I have been hooked on reading ever since. Luckily, as time went on, Judy Blume wrote several sequels to the “Tales of a Fourth Gr...
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