SOL25 October 14 We Celebrate With Books

It's a day to celebrate peace, love and books.  Thank you to the Two Writing Teachers for hosting this celebration/

Long ago, as a reward for not screaming during the torture of the dentist's drill, my mother took me next door to Finkelstein's magical home of endless adventures!  My teeth were nothing to brag about, so every trip to the dentist meant drilling and books.

Back in the days when Baby Boomers roamed school hallways, there were not school libraries as we know them now.  In fact, teachers had scant books that were not always shared with their teeming classrooms. It was Spot, Dick, Jane and their reader friends. I did have a few Golden Books and a copy of the Bobsey Twins that I read on repeat along with Reader's Digest Condensed books that my Aunts shared. Thus, a chance to climb through those stacks was a celebration.

My grandchildren have shelves filled with books in their rooms and in their classrooms. They have school and public libraries at their disposal.  Plus, I usually show up with more books because I love books. I am confident they have all already been exposed to more books than I could have ever imagined back in the days when I climbed through the stacks in Finkelstein's. 

So when my-own-child shared a glimpse of his-own-child climbing the stacks, I could only smile and think of celebrating at Finkelstein's, not far from the book-climbing-wall where this fearless little one bravely climbed the stacks in a celebration of her own.