Dear Reader: What About Fiction?
Dear Reader, What about fiction? At some point in your teen years, this question is likely to surface. When you were at the picture book stage, it wasn’t even on…
Read moreDear Reader: What’s the Point of Reading?
Dear Reader, What’s the point of reading, anyway? There’s something in that question that makes you squirm, isn’t there? Something that makes you feel little, and vulnerable, and inadequate. Something…
Read moreDear Reader: The Girl You’re Going to Be
Dear Reader, One of the striking things about growing up is that the author begins addressing the preface to you. When you were very small, books didn’t have prefaces at…
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