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Like many of my coworkers, it was hard for me to pick just one. There were too many wonderful staff stories to include, but if you’re curious, ask one of us next time you’re in. (I had the doll as well, if you pulled down her underpants a little you could see the “scar” from her appendix). I still have my first Madeline book with a very nice note from my mom saying how much she loves me. I loved Madeline, by Ludwig Bemelmans, growing up. When I found Roderick Gordon’s Tunnels series, I was excited to have found basically my ideal setting.Īmanda, Medford Branch: It would be easier to tell you the books I didn’t like.

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By the end of the year, my teacher let me take home maybe 10-15 other books in the series to read over the summer.Īlexander, Ashland Branch: When I was young, I was attracted to any book that featured sequences in sewers, aqueducts, viaducts, subways, damp caves, lengthy tunnels, or tubes of any kind. The first chapter book I picked was Magic Tree House: Hour of the Olympics by Mary Pope Osborne. I remember reading it sporadically by the streetlights going past on our drive home, and have gone through a couple copies since that first one.Īthena, Talent Branch: When I was in first grade, it was a big deal to graduate from easy readers to chapter books, and I remember leaping out of my chair to the big shelf when my teacher gave me the okay.

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My parents got it for me, and I refused to read it because it looked boring, but out of necessity of having nothing else to read on a road trip, I cracked it open. Masyn, Butte Falls & Prospect Branches: The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster. I wasn’t a huge fan of the first edition cover and the first chapter spends way too much time talking about forks and orange juice… but I remember the minute that book clicked for me and how much I loved it… and then years later how excited I was to get The Hero and the Crown for Christmas.

I got it as a gift for Christmas from my Aunt Shirley. Kristin, Ashland Branch: The Blue Sword, by Robin McKinley, is forever and always the book of my heart. Wodney Wat was one that my mum read to me a lot and she had such perfect voices for each of the characters that I would get mad (as kids do) when people would try and read it and not do it “correctly.” As fo r The Wizard of Oz, I had a copy that was bound in a green velvet cover, and I can still remember the feel of the book and the joy it brought me. In fact, I still have the series on my bookshelves, minus 2 or 3 titles I haven’t been able to track down.Įthan, Ashland Branch: The two that I have the most fondness for are Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester and The Wizard of Oz by Frank L. I thought it was much more likely that I would solve mysteries like Trixie and have a friend like Honey Wheeler than to be Nancy Drew. Kari, Library Director: I cannot tell you how many times I read the complete Trixie Belden series. I recently asked them to share their children’s book treasures and here are some of their responses: That is certainly the case with many of our staff. This year, our Summer Reading theme is “Treasure Reading.” I imagine many of you have childhood memories of a treasured book or books that sparked your love of reading. It was there that I learned to treasure libraries and reading. It is complete with my name typed on it using a typewriter, not a computer.

(The exterior looks largely the same. I have a picture of my brother and I in front of it to prove it.) I still have a “Certificate of Completion” for taking part in their Summer Reading Program. My mother, brother, and I would walk to the Lakeview Branch of the Oakland Public Library. My first SRP memory is from when I was in kindergarten. But one of the things I remember most is participating in my library’s Summer Reading Program (SRP). I can point to many things in my childhood that led me to becoming a reader. If you haven’t already heard, it is Summer Reading time at Jackson County Library Services (JCLS).

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