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| Some few of hers at the middle school library |
Read yet another good article from New Yorker this morning. On the writer of the novel, Because of Winn-Dixie, it tells of her childhood with a father who was violent and mean and the coping she did by hurting others, namely her brother and friends. Through therapy, the love of her mother and good friends, Kate DiCamillo is now an adult who is able to find the good in life and forgiveness for herself and others.
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| Modest and true to herself, even with "wild success" |
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Kate's advice: read to adults. Mine? Share good reading with others. |
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| Finding the good, "push against the darkness" |
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| A wonderful reading teacher once said, and I so agree, that youth reads can be just as good and often better than adult reads as they have laser-beam focus, get the job done, cut the subplots and do it all in so much less time. They're an often lost treasure for adults. |
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The last column: forgiveness. "Despereaux, reader, spoke those words to save himself." |
I Admire and Aspire
