On Facebook, my good writing friend Jamie Swenson asked me to list ten books that have stayed with me - here they are. Some go way back to my early childhood. In all, I'm listing fourteen. That seems like a good number - and yet not enough. At the core, though, these are the books that have shaped my love of stories and poetry and helped me write my own stories and poems. Thanks for asking, Jamie.
Do any of you want to make your list? Jump in if you feel so inclined!
TAMERA's list of books that have stayed:
Over in the Meadow by Olive A. Wadsworth/Ezra Jack Keats
Disney's Fantasyland Stories/Mother Goose Rhymes
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia Maclachlan
Summertime Waltz and Four in All by Nina Payne
Danitra Brown series by Nikki Grimes
Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
Morning Girl by Michael Dorris
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems by Langston Hughes
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Bonus books:
Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse by John Hollander
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron