For the LOVE of reading!

When I was little I loved to read books.  As a toddler, I would pick up fun picture books and just walk around the house reading my books to everyone and anyone that would listen.  Before I knew how to read the words in the books, I would make up the story myself based on the pictures on each page.  The older I got, the more and more time I spent with books.  I would stay up late into the night and read them after my bedtime under the covers so my parents would not know.  Books certainly had a great impact on my life and they still do. 

One of my favorite series of books as a child was the Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne.  I loved the adventure and I always felt like I was standing right beside Jack and Annie as they went on their quests and adventures in each book.  This series impacted my life in many different ways.  I was pretty shy as a child and did not have too many friends, so books were my outlet.  Especially with the Magic Tree House series, I became fast friends with Jack and Annie.  I felt like part of the group and part of the exciting adventure.  When I read those books, JAck and Annie were not solving the mysterious adventures alone, I was right there with them!