tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post4083959925764445662..comments2024-03-27T18:28:32.102-07:00Comments on Rose City Reader: Bribery!Gilion at Rose City Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18080293172467000794noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-32868903440155556452010-02-12T10:21:56.495-08:002010-02-12T10:21:56.495-08:00I have always loved books. They were magical for m...I have always loved books. They were magical for me. So much so that when I ran out of new books to read, I would sit down with paper and markers and write my own stories so I would have something new to read. <br /><br />However, over the years, I have run into many folks who didn't like to read. And of course I made it my personal mission to get them engaged in reading. As a middle school Baley Petersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15217798839187799797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-92124271039134698092010-02-12T08:16:12.627-08:002010-02-12T08:16:12.627-08:00Eileen -- Thank you for such a thoughtful comment....Eileen -- Thank you for such a thoughtful comment. I like the idea of people who think with images and forms -- they often are the ones who can make things and do things. We don't all have to be word people, like you say. <br /><br />Debbie -- I know what you mean! In my mind, it seems I went from chewing on books to reading them with nothing in between. I'm lucky that my stepkids (both Gilion at Rose City Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18080293172467000794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-75093545134915706862010-02-12T08:04:06.017-08:002010-02-12T08:04:06.017-08:00I can't remember ever having to be encouraged ...I can't remember ever having to be encouraged to read - I just can't remember a time when I just didn't "just do it". My daughter was the same.<br /><br />But my husband's kids! I needed these suggestions then. I don't know why I never thought of bribery.<br /><br />I'm sure your comprehension HAS improved ;-)Debbie Rodgershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15630059470408161434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-45017353850773364122010-02-11T15:25:58.784-08:002010-02-11T15:25:58.784-08:00Before I was tucked in to bed, my father would rea...Before I was tucked in to bed, my father would read to me some of my favorite childhood stories of all time -- the "Misty of Chincoteague" books, and "Black Beauty" -- over and over again.<br /><br />Pretty soon, I didn't need him to read to me; I would turn the pages of a book on my own every night before bed. And then reading came to be something I did on the bus ride toNeeliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01649726333303277664noreply@blogger.com