What’s the best life lesson you learned from a book when you were a kid?
(I specify as a kid because a lot of lessons you learn as a child stick through your lifetime, but things you learn as an adult don’t necessarily get internalized as well. The follow-up, of course, is to ask you whether you would change your answer to something you’ve read as a grown-up.)
I learned a lot from the Little House books--I learned a love of history, for sure.
From the Trixie Belden series--I learned about the importance of friendship and relying on each other. And I gained a love of mysteries.
I also remember the Rudyard Kipling's "Just So Stories" which had interesting endings with a twist. I learned to question everything.
Look at you, following the Ingalls family and into history!
ReplyDeleteI credit The American Girl books with helping shaping my niece's more expansive, inclusive view of her fellow Americans. It's very important what we read when we're young.