Do you remember the very good and the disappointing books you owned as a kid? Many people speak of them the same way they do their favorite teachers. Good and mediocre books are part of your fundamental make up. And when you read out loud to kids you’ll be changed again. You are what you eat and what you verbally and visionarily injest.
‘Which Witch Was Which?’ was my favorite, but it made my Mom sigh the first time she read it. Every other line of the three page story used the title’s words. I loved the word play but MY MOTHER did not.

If I found my Mom where she was hiding after I asked for ‘Which Witch Is Which?’ she’d read the story faster than the guy on T.V. who rattles through small print disclaimers! And she wouldn’t stop when I begged her and she had a kind of evil glint while she gave me my fix.
Another favorite was ‘The Stead Fast Tin Soldier’ in which every good character dies a terrible death. My youth was filled with gruesome lose so this book was real where cute mice in tutus was not.
My challenge to you is to feed the very best books to yourself and children. Grow Your Mind Though Excellent Books. GYMWEB!  nancymauerman.com