[size=2]1-When did you start to read? When I was three.

2-What is the first novel that you read entirely? I have no idea, but the first 'chapter book' I ever read was probably Roald Dahl.

3-Did school increase your taste as a reader? If so, how?(And if not, why?) Yes, absolutely, because it allowed me to get better at reading and explore new texts, and introduced me to authors and works.

4-As a child, did you prefer books with many images or those that almost don't have any except on the cover, so that you could imagine the story better? Books with images, definately.

5- If you could recommend a book (or two) to a person of each of those ages, what would it be?
a) 6 years-old The Wolves In The Walls, Neil Gaiman
b) 9 years-old The Alex Quartet, Tess Duder
c)12 years-old I Capture The Castle, Dodi Smith
d)14 years-old The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath

I'm not answering the last question. Can't be biffed.

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1-When did you start to read? three or four years old, i think. my mum's not home so i can't ask her. it was fun knowing more than the kids at school though, that much i remember.

2-What is the first novel that you read entirely? i have no fucking idea.

3-Did school increase your taste as a reader? If so, how?(And if not, why?) i don't know, i can't really remember. probably not, i liked to spend lots of time in the library finding books myself.

4-As a child, did you prefer books with many images or those that almost don't have any except on the cover, so that you could imagine the story better? i can't remember. i work in a bookstore now though, and when i tidy the kids' books i am always drawn to the ones that are beautifully illustrated. i imagine i was drawn to the Velveteen Rabbit for that reason when i was little...the story itself REALLY upset me though. to the point where i hid it underneath my mum's bed and she had to buy a new one for the libary.

5- If you could recommend a book (or two) to a person of each of those ages, what would it be? oh man. it's actually my job to recommend books to people but with kids i have no idea. i don't know any kids. i can't remember being a kid. so. this whole thing may have to go unanswered. but i've thought some more about this, here are my answers...
a) 6 years-old can't remember back that far...
b) 9 years-old like nearly everyone else, i'd go with Roald Dahl. perfect for boys and girls.
c)12 years-old for girls, anything by Jacqueline Wilson, she's fantastic. boys i don't know.
d)14 years-old The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold maybe

6- During your junior scholarship, you have probably been introduced to plays, poetry and/or essays. Could you recommend some to people who are not used to these kind of texts?
Junior...scholarship...? you need to be more specific and state an age, please.

anyway, okay. i read The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy in 6th form (age 16) and i think i was the only one in the class who liked it. i recommend it to everyone i can though, so yeah that's on the list. also i really liked denise levertov, whose poetry i studied at university (aged 18) and it was probably the only poetry i've ever liked.

sorry my answers were a bit shit.

The teacher in me wonders...

1-When did you start to read? three.

2-What is the first novel that you read entirely? First book with chapters was probably one of the Ramona books or James and the Giant Peach.

3-Did school increase your taste as a reader? If so, how?(And if not, why?) It did very much so. I was in the "Read and Lead" club and got a bunch of awards cause I had so many hours. :dork:

4-As a child, did you prefer books with many images or those that almost don't have any except on the cover, so that you could imagine the story better? I liked both actually. I liked ones with no pictures because it was fun using my imagination, but I also liked ones with pictures because I loved to draw and write as a kid and those books would inspire me to write my own stories and draw pictures to accompany them.

5- If you could recommend a book (or two) to a person of each of those ages, what would it be?
a) 6 years-old something by Roald Dahl, Ramona books
b) 9 years-old something by Judy Blume, Call of the Wild
c)12 years-old diaries of Anne Frank, Harry Potter
d)14 years-old Catcher in the Rye, The Outsiders,

And I just want to say that I really don't think it matters so much what a kid reads (unless they're UBER-impressionable), just as long as they read!

6- During your junior scholarship, you have probably been introduced to plays, poetry and/or essays. Could you recommend some to people who are not used to these kind of texts?
Wtf you talkin about "junior scholarship"? Since everyone will probably say Shakespeare for plays, I'm going to say "I'm Not Rappaport" haha. It's good though. Poetry- Edgar Allen Poe. Essays- Ralph Waldo Emerson!

YES, exactly!

oh man, how could i forget Poe? i remember reading The Black Cat when i was about 11 and i thought it was brilliant. i've been hooked since.

i should reallllly go to bed but...

1-When did you start to read? 4

2-What is the first novel that you read entirely? hm.. Novel is a pretty exaggerated term, but Flutterby was the book

3-Did school increase your taste as a reader? If so, how?(And if not, why?) I was always disappointed in school reading lists. I always wanted to read a book not on the list, ask special permission to and all that. I wish they'd have been more flexable, like say "it must be this many pages long" or something, rather than a list.

4-As a child, did you prefer books with many images or those that almost don't have any except on the cover, so that you could imagine the story better? I can't recall making a conscious choice about it, but I did abandon picture books at a very early age.

5- If you could recommend a book (or two) to a person of each of those ages, what would it be?
a) 6 years-old - The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstien
b) 9 years-old - All of the Bunnicula books - LOVED THEM <33
c)12 years-old - Are You There God, It's Me Margeret - Judy Blume
d)14 years-old - Watership Down (I can't recall the author - I should be shot)

6- During your junior scholarship, you have probably been introduced to plays, poetry and/or essays. Could you recommend some to people who are not used to these kind of texts?
I'm sorry I'm not too cultured. I'm a high school drop out (early on at that). I did always love A Midsummer Nights' Dream

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[size=2]1-When did you start to read?

Apparently I learnt to read at 2. I don't remember this but when I was 3 I can remember reading Alice in Wonderland out loud and my sister calling me an idiot because I didn't know how to read in my head.

2-What is the first novel that you read entirely?
Don't remember, might have been Alice in Wonderland. I loved Black Beauty and by the time I turned 7 I had read it 35 times...

3-Did school increase your taste as a reader? If so, how?(And if not, why?) Well my obsession with Black Beauty was a bone of contention... they did read to us, which was good for sparking off our interests. I remembering loving it when they read us The Indian in the Cupboard and reading all the rest in the series.

4-As a child, did you prefer books with many images or those that almost don't have any except on the cover, so that you could imagine the story better? Either no images, or ones with images every 20/30 pages. I got annoyed if they were on every page.

[b]5- If you could recommend a book (or two) to a person of each of those ages, what would it be?
a) 6 years-old The Greedy Zebra
b) 9 years-old The Indian in the Cupboard!
c)12 years-old His Dark Materials Trilogy
d)14 years-old To Kill a Mocking Bird

6- During your junior scholarship, you have probably been introduced to plays, poetry and/or essays. Could you recommend some to people who are not used to these kind of texts?
Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes. I deft any child to dislike poetry after that.

1-When did you start to read?
I think i was 4.

2-What is the first novel that you read entirely?
I cant remember the exact name it was something like "Iscis" It was about the world being hit by a nuclear bomb or something.

3-Did school increase your taste as a reader? If so, how?(And if not, why?)
No, i pretty much hated anything i read in school apart from this one book about a junkie prostitute who found God in my Religious education class.

4-As a child, did you prefer books with many images or those that almost don't have any except on the cover, so that you could imagine the story better?
Images, definitely.

5- If you could recommend a book (or two) to a person of each of those ages, what would it be?
a) 6 years-old
b) 9 years-old
c)12 years-old
d)14 years-old
I have no idea.. "Im with the Band" by Pamela Des Barres for all ages?

6- During your junior scholarship, you have probably been introduced to plays, poetry and/or essays. Could you recommend some to people who are not used to these kind of texts?
I dont know what a junior scholarship is?

1-When did you start to read?
my mom says i was 2 or 3.

2-What is the first novel that you read entirely?
maybe black beauty, thats the first book i have memories of images from.

3-Did school increase your taste as a reader? If so, how?(And if not, why?)
not really. i was always reading something under my desk and getting in trouble for it and when we had designated 'reading time' it was always something quaint and boring like "mr poppers penguins". i couldnt stand being read out loud too. too slow!

4-As a child, did you prefer books with many images or those that almost don't have any except on the cover, so that you could imagine the story better?
without images. images got in the way.
[b]5- If you could recommend a book (or two) to a person of each of those ages, what would it be?
a) 6 years-old -james and the giant peach
b) 9 years-old - are you there god, its me margaret
c)12 years-old -rides of the midway
d)14 years-old -the bell jar
(this might be fucked up, im bad with ages, i grew up fast)

6- During your junior scholarship, you have probably been introduced to plays, poetry and/or essays. Could you recommend some to people who are not used to these kind of texts?
uh.
i liked No Exit.
and some shakespeare. but i didnt really pay attention in theatre. thats when i read most of those things. and i havent gone to college. and i was a slacker type person in high school. and suck at concentrating enough to self educate.

1-When did you start to read? around 6

2-What is the first novel that you read entirely? I have no idea. I read various Time Warp Trio books and scattered novels

3-Did school increase your taste as a reader? If so, how?(And if not, why?) Oh hell yeah! You have to read to survive in my school. Whenever I got bored, I couldn't just sit there, I had to do something. That's what began my interest in reading

4-As a child, did you prefer books with many images or those that almost don't have any except on the cover, so that you could imagine the story better? I liked books with pictures in them

5- If you could recommend a book (or two) to a person of each of those ages, what would it be?
a) 6 years-old Time Warp Trio books/series
b) 9 years-old A Long Way to Chicago by ?
c)12 years-old Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
d)14 years-old Rita Dove poetry, definately

6- During your junior scholarship, you have probably been introduced to plays, poetry and/or essays. Could you recommend some to people who are not used to these kind of texts? I don't know how to answer that.