How Do Books Affect My Ability To Read?

I can remember learning to read as early as kindergarten, but before that, I was able to memorize repetitive words in children’s book or words that were a sing along. My mother taught me how to read. She would act out the words in the sentence like a scene in a movie. At first I wanted only to look at the pictures because the images conveyed so much meaning. I would take time to stare at the illustrations so I could try to determine what the sentence on the page was about, but my vocabulary was limited. I attempted to sound out each letter, and then string the parts of the word together. After this came the sentence; I was able to read.
Books of all genres interested me. The Junie B. Jones collection was one of my favorites. I would buy a new book each week until I had finished the series. I then went on to reading all kinds of new books. In grade school, my reading level increased about every two months. All of this extra reading that I was doing definitely affected my ability to read. I …show more content…
However, despite the difficulties, the Reys did find work, but because of the slow progress Hans reveal to his publisher that he would be leaving France. In 1939 they left Paris for the Chateau Feuga. Months later, the Reys returned to Paris to find out that the location became worse. Refugees were coming into Paris, in anticipation for safe haven, however that was not the case. In 1940, the couple left Paris and took their “Curious George” manuscripts with them. Luckily for them the Nazis arrived a day after they left. At that point the Reys ended up south of France where they spent several weeks in a refugee camp in a high-school gymnasium. According to Grieder, months later the Reys arrived to New York. They carried with them their first drawings for the Curious George books; these drawings were shown to the police as proof of occupation. Their first book, Curious George, was published in 1941 (Grieder