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Qui vous a insufflé l’amour de la lecture, et comment?
I read very early on in life, and in an odd way it was thanks to my brother, who was dyslexic. Jay required special help, and my mom would spend hours with him every week, helping him with what was torturous effort. Because I worshipped my big brother and loved my mom’s voice, I was always ...
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When I was in elementary school,I remember reading Harriet the Spy. Thinking I would be an excellent spy,I created my own "slam book" which I hid in my mothers' linen closet under our towels. This was an excellent spot. Located just outside my bedroom it offered easy access and ,since my older ...
Pourquoi la lecture est-elle importante à vos yeux?
I love to read ( I only wish I had more time to do it). Reading is a gateway to learning. If you read well you can absorb so much information. Reading expands your imagination, makes you a better thinker. A good book can keep you entertained for hours.
Qui vous a insufflé l’amour de la lecture, et comment?
My mother help me fall in love with reading. My father had to buy her at least five books every time she went to the hospital to give birth to one of the nine kids. He had to tell her 'don’t read until you get there and give birth'. We all read in my family we love it. The second busiest place ...
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Reading, for me is theatre of the mind. There is nothing I enjoy more than reading a book and I usually have several on the go. I think reading has broadened my horizons, expanded my vocabulary and helped me to understand and appreciate this life more fully. I wish the same for our children.

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I love to see the passion and commitment of this school to grow a love of reading in the students.
Qui vous a insufflé l’amour de la lecture, et comment?
My parents read to me and my four brothers when we were young. To this day, I still love “The Monster at the End of this Book”. We loved going to Coles bookstore when we went to the city and always came home with brand new books. As a young teen, my dad had an ongoing list of which ...
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I'm supporting this school because I have seen first hand the passion and commitment of this school librarian. She opens up the world of reading to so many students and really wants to better all students in this school. She shows them how reading can open imagination and new worlds. She works ...

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My daughter Eleanor became a proud member of Queen Charlotte Intermediate school this year. We came from China on July,with a number of Chinese books in our luggage. Eleanor loves reading. In China,we turned a whole wall in the livingroom into a big bookshelf and Eleanor looked it as her ...
Qui vous a insufflé l’amour de la lecture, et comment?
The lady who helped to encourage my love of reading was my grade 6 elementary school teacher Ms Margaret Joyce! She encouraged us to read beyond our years and to venture into other genres than we would normally have gravitated toward. I can remember her reading Aristotle at quiet times during ...

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Reading has offered me a chance to live a new life with each new story.
Pourquoi la lecture est-elle importante à vos yeux?
Reading is a peaceful way to contemplate words and ideas. With the cacophony that surrounds us in our loud and busy lives, finding time to read is akin to stopping the din and enjoying the quiet world of words and imagination. Reading is a form of mindfulness, relaxation, and peace for the soul.
Pourquoi la lecture est-elle importante à vos yeux?
It's an escape, and use of great imagination! It is a way of learning, of expanding your mind!

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My daughter is starting grade 7 at Queen Charlotte this year. She will be there for 3 important years and my son will be starting there in two years. Reading is a great escape and way to expand the limits of our imagination. I support the library at Queen Charlotte for these reasons.
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QC is awesome!!!! My second child is now at the school and I love all the staff who help prepare our children for life!
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I'm supporting Queen Charlotte because I see how much time and effort the school librarian puts in to making sure the library has books for each child. It's so important that every kid be able to find a book that they can read and enjoy. This is a great way to support the library and get more ...
Qui vous a insufflé l’amour de la lecture, et comment?
Author Ann M. Martin helped me fall in love with reading; her Baby-Sitters Club series took my reading from an interest to an addiction. I had the entire collection and remember collecting pop bottles in my little wagon to return for refunds so that I could buy the next one. My books ...

Qui vous a insufflé l’amour de la lecture, et comment?
My community and school libraries helped foster my love of reading! I have fond memories of going to the library with my teachers for book exchange; looking through the rows of books in both English and French; looking for that special book that would quench my thirst for knowledge! We would go ...

Qui vous a insufflé l’amour de la lecture, et comment?
As a young girl, I always saw my mother with a book. I don't ever remember a time when my mother didn't have a book on the go, or even several at one time. She kept a fairly substantial home library because when she finished a book, she always kept it. She would share her books, but rarely ...

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I am the proud parent of 2 boys who love reading. I would gladly to take full credit for that fact and while some credit is due to the time I invested in reading to them from a young age, much of this love has resulted from always having access to books that interest them. My youngest son ...

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As a grade 9 teacher at Queen Charlotte I see the amount of books some students go through. Our library sometimes has a hard time keeping up with the love of reading of some of our students. With a continuously growing student population with various languages and cultures it is so important to ...

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I am supporting Queen Charlotte because I see, every day, how passionate and determined our readers are. As the school librarian, I spent the bulk of my day searching our library shelves for the perfect book for each child and sometimes, honestly, we just don't have what they need.This year, we ...