Ashley Dotson's Literacy Timeline

  • fairy tales

    fairy tales
    My mother read allot of fairy tales to me.
  • Kindergarten

    Kindergarten
    I loved this book! I can remember some girls in my class making a song about the book! I thought the title was funny so we made a funny song about it!
  • Bible

    Bible
    From a very young age my mother instiled the Bible into my system. I wasnt ready to read the bible yet, but she want to make sure that I could hear all the amazing stories that happned in the bible.I used to be amazed of how many stories I heard.
  • hymnals

    hymnals
    My mother was a great singer! she gave me a hymn book that i sang out of at church all the time!
  • white gloves and party manners

    white gloves and party manners
    I was a southern belle in training with this book.I would do every thing that the book would tell me to do. Every night I read something new
  • A light in the attic

    A light in the attic
    I loved this book of poems.I thought allot of them were cute and funny.I was also at the age that started to introduce poems and I loved how Shel Silverstein presented them
  • sunshine tea

    sunshine tea
    I even tried to make the tea. I loved this book becuase it showed me how to appreciate the small things in life, money or no money! Put a condiment on a sandwich and make some sunshine tea and you are royalty!
  • nappy hair

    nappy hair
    I was at the age that I started to do my hair on my own.In the black community thats a huge "no-no".I had the nappiest hair and I couldnt figure how to mange it.My brothers used to tease me very hard about this book, but then they made sure to read it to me evrytime I asked!
  • Number the Stars

    I can honestly say that all my teachers in the world! They used really boring books and made them seem so interesting.We partcipated in literature cicrles in school and we often used them to help us comprehend the books better.
  • Anne Frank

    Anne Frank was the best booksI had read when I was in school.I had a teacher named Ms. White, that loved to elborate in the book as we read it toether in class.She always made the book come to life and Iloved her animated personality.
  • College life

    I had no choice but to read. If i wanted to pass a class I knew I had to read chapters to make good grades.
  • carterbear browm

    I read everything to my son.I wish he had a favorite book but but he is really diverse in what types of books he likes to read.Although i am a single mother, I feel like its my duty to expose him to great text.
  • A J ewel In His Crown

    A J ewel In His Crown
    This book makes woman realiz their worth in a relationship.I can say that this has been the best book I have read yet! It provides you with a guide in how to date and be a christian.
  • oh the joy of social media!

    Of course Facebook sounds like its not anything you could learn on.But if you throw a yound child on the Facebook, I promise they would learn some new words that were in thier vocabulary
  • The resolution by Priscilla Shirer

    The resolution by Priscilla Shirer
    i recentelly started reading this book and I love it.She is one of my favorite christian authors and offers great advice