1. By: Christine Heishman

2. When I was a little girl,
In the beginning… my parents introduced
me to the best cat
around, The Cat in the
Hat.
Soon after I read this
book, I decided to
tackle the rest of the
books by Dr. Seuss,
and man, were there a
lot of them!

3.  D r. S e us s I fe e l th a t
in t r o d u c e d m e D r. S e us s
t o t h e w o r ld o f h e lp e d m e
r e a d in g t h a t I r e a liz e a s a
lo v e d t h e n a n d c h ild , t h a t
s t ill d o t o t h is w h e n yo u
d a y. re a d a book
tha t te a c he s
yo u
s o m e t h in g ,
s uc h a s
r h y m in g , t h e
s t o r y is n ’ t
a lw a y s g o in g
t o b e b o r in g !

4. Reading and  I did however, in the
beginning, have
Writing… problems with reading. I
 Writing wasn’t as always thought it was
difficult for me once I because my parents
learned how to read and never really took a lot of
spell. I was more into time to help me read
reading a story than before I went to school
actually writing one of and when I was in grade
my own. school, I always felt like I
had to rely on my
teachers to help me.
 But, as soon as I had the
right teacher to help me,
nothing would stop me.
After homework was
done every night, you
would still see me with a
book in my hand.

5. • In t h e s e b o o k s
Towards the middle… it s e e m e d t h a t
J u n ie B . J o n e s
 W h e n I g o t in t o w o u ld a lw a y s
g r a d e s c h o o l, t h e g e t h e r s e lf in
lib r a r y in t r o d u c e d t r o u b le f o r
me to a no the r s e t d o in g
o f b o o k s tha t I s o m e t h in g s h e
g r e w t o lo v e , J u n ie tho ug ht w a s
B . J one s by c o o l. I t h in k I
B a rba ra P a rk. lik e d t h e s e
books
be c a us e I
u s e d t o b e lik e
he r w he n I w a s
lit t le .

6.  When I got into high
Recent past… school, even though it
had been released before
then, I got introduced to
the amazing world of…
Harry Potter!
 Harry Potter is to this
day, still my favorite book
series I have ever read…
and I’ve read the Twilight
Saga! 
 The way J.K Rowling set
up the books to have
their own plot for each
book individually and
then have the major plot
to connect all of the
books together really kept
me reading.

7. Harry Potter was a wizard Harry is then raised by his aunt
and uncle until the grounds keeper
who’s parents were killed of Hogwarts, Hagrid comes and
by an evil wizard named tells Harry that he is a wizard,
Lord Voldemort. When and takes him to Hogwarts School
Voldemort tried to kill of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Harry, the spell counter On the train they take to the
school, Harry then meets his
struck and put a lightening friends for life, Ronald Weasley
bolt scar on Harry’s and Harmionie Granger.
forehead. But as you read Throughout the entire book
series, they stick together to try
the books, that is not the
and defeat Lord Voldemort.
only thing that Lord
Voldemort gave to Harry
on that horrible night.

8. The Present…
 Even though college is
keeping me busy with
homework, I still am able
to find time to read for fun.
The book series that I am  I never thought that I would
currently reading is The be into any crime fiction
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo novels, because everything
by Stieg Larson. that I have read had to do
 The other books in the with magic, fantasy and
series are called The Girl vampires. But, I feel that
who Played with Fire and this book series was
The Girl who Kicked the definitely a good change for
Hornet’s Nest. me, and I can’t wait to get
started on the rest of the
series.

9.  All of these books have helped shape my life and I hope
to one day, introduce my kids to these books so they can
love reading and literacy as much as I do!