I don’t blame you about being scared to read Butterfly aloud and act out the different voices. That would scare the bejesus out of me too.

Some things are so much easier as children. We used to put on neighborhood plays, and it never worried me about getting up infront of an audience and making a fool of myself.

Maybe we tap into some of this childhood bravado ever time we sit down to put ours words to paper (or screen)

Total different mentality there, that’s for sure. I remember after my mom finished the book, my sister wouldn’t let anyone in the house kill a spider, she’d rescue it and take it outside. So ofcourse, my brothers had to go out of their way to hunt down and kill spiders, then bring the poor squashed corpse to her.

Sounds like we all toted books home from the library. Can you imagine if we’d all lived in the same neighborhood? There wouldn’t have been any books available for everyone else!

And somehow, the thought of reading BUTTERFLY with an animated face and character voices scares the bejesus outta me! Innocence is truly golden.

My strongest childhood memories are of laying on the floor with my brothers and sisters while my mom read to us every night. I don’t actually know how long it lasted, just that I really looked forward to it.

But the very strongest of those memories are when she read Charlotte’s Web. Because at the end, when Charlotte died, she was crying so hard she couldn’t even read. And my sister and I were just bawling too (although I’m not so sure we would have found it so heartbreaking if my Mom hadn’t been crying so hard) And when my dad came in, to see what had everyone so upset my brother tells him, and in total seriousness,–I don’t think they know its not real,that it’s just a book. And my younger brother pipes up– yeah, or that she’s really a spider. lol When my mom picked another book to start reading to us, my brothers refused to participate unless she promised not to cry again.

I think half my childhood was spent in a library. I checked out pretty much all the books in our gradeschool library. And during the summer, once a week we’d head down to the local library and check out piles of books.

You can add me into the the ones who read all the horse books. Horse and dog books were my favorites. Although I did read Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boy books too. . .

Ah, you bring back memories Ladonna. And that is such a cute image of you sitting there performing for an audience.

Maybe you can use different voices for your different characters when you do your first book reading of Butterfly Wishes. Just think, that early performance in grade school was just practise for you.

LaDonna, I can just imagine you reading to your packed audience. I memorised Roald Dahl’s adpatation of Cinderella and was called to perform every now and then .

I have such fond memories of some books, like Cynthia I buy them when I see them and keep them aside for my kids. I can’t wait until they are old enough. My 5 yo is loving The Wishing Chair and The Faraway Tree now, and it is such a trip down memory lane for me. Love it!