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Growing up, I remember having a leapfrog device used to help with reading. It was like a hard outer book cover with a pen attached. Using the special made books that go with the leappad device, it would help read words out loud, say what image was pointed out, or complete the activity the books had. I feel this was significant through making reading more of a hands on activity, with ADHD I would lose focus/interest fast with visual learning only.
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I can't remember if it was for a project or just an independent reading moment, but one class I picked up a Junie B. Jones book, I believe it was "Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus". This was significant to my literature journey because it became one of the first series I really was interested in.
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On a trip to Barnes and Noble with my grandparents, I wandered off to the animated section, where I found a Garfield book, specifically "Garfield Loses His Feet". Though some of the jokes went over my head, this felt significant to my literature journey because it was another example of the joys of graphic novels, plus my grandfather was a jokester so we would look over some pages together.
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At the time, reading the Bone animated series was the coolest thing ever! I hadn't realized this animated series was still in the works, I just picked it up because one copy was finally available in the school library. I was immediately hooked like everyone else and was eager to(finally) join the group discussions. This was significant to my journey through seeing reading as more than an independent activity, but a shared group experience/discussion.
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This is truly a core memory of mine that I had forgotten about until this assignment, so this feels very significant! I remember one day shopping in Bj's with my mom, when we decided to browse the book section. My mom got so excited/nostalgic when she picked up and handed me a book, called "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing". She told me she remembers reading this book around my age and living the series, so she encouraged me to start. I was hooked and read them all.
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Comics quickly became one of my favorite genres. While growing my Garfield collection, I started also reading "Calvin and Hobbes" in my school's library. This felt significant because it was another way to bond with my mother and grandfather, while making reading fun.
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I don't remember when I first started reading either series, but I remember loving both. I drifted towards the "Dork Diaries" series more since I had kept journals around this time and also felt like a dork. I really related to how annoyed she'd get by her little sister since I have a younger brother.
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While sleeping over my aunts house, we got onto the topic of books(she's a teacher and even currently works at HCC!) when she showed me some of her Nancy Drew collection her and my mom shared. She went on to explain how there was another series called "The Hardy Boys" and how the "Nancy Drew" series was essentially the "girl version". Remembering there was a movie about her, I decided to give some of the books a try. The series also peaked my true crime interest.
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My family and I love to go thrifting every once in a while, but growing up we especially liked to stop at used book stores. My mom has always been a true crime/horror fan, so one day while browsing my mom pointed out to me a Goosebump collection. Sharing her love of spooky things, I looked through the pile. In our school library we had lots of books that "choose your own endings", but they were always checked out. At the book store, I found a Goosebump version and was thrilled!
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Throughout middle and high school, I was in honors Spanish due to growing up in a bilingual household. By my junior year, I was limited on what Spanish classes I could take, and decided to try my hand at Spanish 5 AP Literature. All of 8 us struggled in some aspect, because the majority of the text we read was in older, no longer used Spanish. However, we all knew bits and pieces of the story "Don Quijote" so we worked really hard as a group to understand the story and pass the class.