{"id":1364,"date":"2025-06-23T12:54:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T18:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccpls.info\/true\/?p=1364"},"modified":"2025-06-23T12:54:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T18:54:21","slug":"my-reading-journey-elizabeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccpls.info\/true\/2025\/06\/23\/my-reading-journey-elizabeth\/","title":{"rendered":"My Reading Journey – Elizabeth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CCPL Staff <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Some of my earliest memories are of my parents reading to me. Every day after lunch, my mom would read to us and every day before bed my dad would read out loud. My Dad laughs and says my mom never wanted jewelry, just another bookshelf! They instilled the love of reading into my brothers and I; we grew up at the library. Now, 24 years into my library career, I am not at all surprised that working with books is my passion. Books open doors, they build wings, they stoke curiosity and provide a look into people and places we would never be able to reach otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then<\/strong> List<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Blueberries for Sal<\/em> by Robert McCloskey<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Witch of Blackbird Pond<\/em> by Elizabeth George Speare <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Johnny Tremain<\/em> by Esther Forbes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe<\/em> by C.S.Lewis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Borrowers<\/em> by Mary Norton<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mickey and the Beanstalk<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Little Women<\/em> by Louisa May Alcott<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now List<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Night of the Grizzlies<\/em> by Jack Olsen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Huntress<\/em> by Kate Quinn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Boys in the Boat<\/em> by Daniel James Brown<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pillars of the Earth<\/em> by Ken Follett<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019ll Be Gone in the Dark<\/em> by Michelle McNamara<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Drowning<\/em> by T.J. Newman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mere Christianity<\/em> by C.S. Lewis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CCPL Staff Some of my earliest memories are of my parents reading to me. Every day after lunch, my mom would read to us and every day before bed my dad would read out loud. My Dad laughs and says my mom never wanted jewelry, just another bookshelf! They instilled the love of reading into my brothers and I; we grew up at the library. Now, 24 years into my library career, I am not at all surprised that working with books is my passion. Books open doors, they build wings, they stoke curiosity and provide a look into people and places we would never be able to reach otherwise. Then List Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S.Lewis The Borrowers by Mary Norton Mickey and the Beanstalk  Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Now List The Night of the Grizzlies by Jack Olsen The Huntress by Kate Quinn The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett I\u2019ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara Drowning by T.J. Newman Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,24,25,410],"tags":[414,450,454,436,438,444,198,217,437,448,452,445,446,442,211,216,434,497,432,449,447,440,451,435,443],"class_list":["post-1364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-childrens","category-fiction","category-nonfiction","category-staff-picks","tag-ccpl","tag-daniel-james-brown","tag-drowning","tag-elizabeth-george-speare","tag-ester-forbes","tag-golden-books","tag-ill-be-gone-in-the-dark","tag-jack-olsen","tag-johnny-tremain","tag-kate-quinn","tag-ken-follett","tag-little-women","tag-louisa-may-alcott","tag-mary-norton","tag-mere-christianity","tag-night-of-the-grizzlies","tag-robert-mccloskey","tag-staff","tag-staff-pick","tag-the-boys-in-the-boat","tag-the-huntress","tag-the-lion-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe","tag-the-pillars-of-the-earth","tag-the-witch-of-blackbird-pond","tag-walt-disneys-mickey-and-the-beanstalk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccpls.info\/true\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccpls.info\/true\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccpls.info\/true\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccpls.info\/true\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccpls.info\/true\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1364"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ccpls.info\/true\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1412,"href":"https:\/\/ccpls.info\/true\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364\/revisions\/1412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccpls.info\/true\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccpls.info\/true\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccpls.info\/true\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccpls.info\/true\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}