Growing up, I learned that reading was pleasurable and entertaining. Because my parents and grandparents always had bookshelves full of interesting books to entertain myself with, I never had a reason to become bored. As I laid in bed with my mother, I asked her, “Will you come read with me tonight?” Reading from Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes entertained me the most. Although I memorized each of the simple rhymes, I always asked mother to read them over and over again. As mother read to me and the older I became, I started paying more attention to the letters and words. Eventually the words began making sense, and I began assisting mother read. We would take turns reading the adventures of The Chronicles of Narnia, Junie B. Jones, Magic Treehouse,
