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7/9/2013

 
My Butterfly Reader. She visited all year. Several times a week, she hovered at my door. The request always the same. Could she pick a book out?

She fluttered around my books, pausing now and then to flip through a bin. My suggestions were usually ignored. She always left with a book, then came back a day or two later having read only a couple of pages. Such a challenge.

We talked all year: likes/dislikes, stamina, ways to choose a book, how amazing a specific title was. She shied away from fiction and chapter books. Not quite ready. I tried to ensure that there was no pressure on my part. She always came back

I had a few successes. She loved and read all of the Weird But True Outrageous Facts books by National Geographic Kids. I ran to the book store to get the whole series. Anything Titanic-related (that was skinny). Nonfiction books that provided lots of support. A graphic novel here and there. At the end of the year, she started reading from the You Choose: An Interactive Survival Adventure series. 

In the fall, she will be in fifth grade. I have one more year to find books that will capture her attention. 
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Wikimedia Commons: Public Domain. "Ulysses Flying Over Feeder, Kuranda Butterfly"

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