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Feb 13
5 min

ReadingMagic -What kid's book did/do you read to your kids over & over & over & over & over...Day 27

THE BIG BOOK. That's what we call it. We have literally thousands of books in our home, But when we say "the big book," there's only one th

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ReadingMagic - What books have you read as a family? - Day 26 -The Fife Fam Fav's List

Benjamin Fife

Feb 12
3 min

ReadingMagic - What books have you read as a family? - Day 26 -The Fife Fam Fav's List

This is what my wife & I could remember that we've read to the kids in the last 12 or so years. We take turns picking which book to read.

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ReadingMagic - What Funny books do you remember from your childhood? part 2 - Day 24

Benjamin Fife

Feb 9
3 min

ReadingMagic - What Funny books do you remember from your childhood? part 2 - Day 24

if not apparent from my posts, I'm rather fond of the absurd. I was pleased as punch when I found out as an adult that Silverstein also wro

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#ReadingMagic - What Nonfiction book captured your attention as a kid? Day 21

Benjamin Fife

Feb 5
2 min

#ReadingMagic - What Nonfiction book captured your attention as a kid? Day 21

I don't remember which teacher it was that read it to me, but I know somewhere between 2nd & 4th grade I was read Sacajawea at school.

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ReadingMagic - Who are three of your favorite characters from YA books & why? Day 20

Benjamin Fife

Feb 5
4 min

ReadingMagic - Who are three of your favorite characters from YA books & why? Day 20

have three characters from books for youth or from my youth that I have loved since I first read them. First is Digory Kirke from The Magi

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ReadingMagic -When you were a kid, what kind of book characters did you relate to? Day 18

Benjamin Fife

Feb 3
2 min

ReadingMagic -When you were a kid, what kind of book characters did you relate to? Day 18

So as a kid, I primarily identified with the outsider kids in books. Not necessarily socially backward, but seldom were these characters

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ReadingMagic - Are you related to any writers? Did you read any of their books as a kid? - Day 17

Benjamin Fife

Feb 1
3 min

ReadingMagic - Are you related to any writers? Did you read any of their books as a kid? - Day 17

I knew that my great aunt had been an author. This would have remained undiscovered upon my bookshelf were it not for our nightly readaloud

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ReadingMagic - What was your favorite genre of books you read as a child? Is it still? Day 16

Benjamin Fife

Feb 1
2 min

ReadingMagic - What was your favorite genre of books you read as a child? Is it still? Day 16

I have always & do still love fantasy. When you're looking at lists of books, they really love to lump Fantasy & Sci-fi together.

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ReadingMagic -Was there something else that ever got you excited about reading? Day 15 #readingmagic

Benjamin Fife

Jan 31
2 min

ReadingMagic -Was there something else that ever got you excited about reading? Day 15 #readingmagic

Levar Burton talked to kids about books for kids, but I never felt talked down to. And that was something I was very sensitive to as a kid.

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ReadingMagic -What kids books have you discovered as an adult you wish you had read as a kid? Day 14

Benjamin Fife

Jan 30
1 min

ReadingMagic -What kids books have you discovered as an adult you wish you had read as a kid? Day 14

Being an animal lover from a very young age, I would have adored all of James Herriot's books. But... I didn't really grow up in an animal

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ReadingMagic -What was the first movie turned into a book that you read the book? - Day 11

Benjamin Fife

Jan 27
3 min

ReadingMagic -What was the first movie turned into a book that you read the book? - Day 11

Is there a book written after the movie that you've particularly enjoyed? Ladyhawke for me. Reading enhances the movie & vice versa

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ReadingMagic - What was the first book you remember crying in? The Reading Magic Game Day 10

Benjamin Fife

Jan 25
2 min

ReadingMagic - What was the first book you remember crying in? The Reading Magic Game Day 10

The ending was also bittersweet & the separation of friends, mentors, and a good many other things that I don't want to get into without spo

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ReadingMagic -Which character you read about as a child would you become for a day? - Day 9

Benjamin Fife

Jan 25
2 min

ReadingMagic -Which character you read about as a child would you become for a day? - Day 9

Will Stanton had not been anything remarkable before that. But he was suddenly called upon to take upon him the mantle of an ancient herit

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Reading Magic - Have you found any books as an adult that you read as a kid & forgot about? - Day 7

Benjamin Fife

Jan 22
1 min

Reading Magic - Have you found any books as an adult that you read as a kid & forgot about? - Day 7

The book, Me Too Iguana, is part of the Sweet Pickles series that my sister had Iguana becomes the ultimate copycat & wants to have somethin

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ReadingMagic - Do you still own any books that you had as a kid? - the Reading Magic Game - Day 6

Benjamin Fife

Jan 21
3 min

ReadingMagic - Do you still own any books that you had as a kid? - the Reading Magic Game - Day 6

I do remember tracing the characters outlines on the cover. I remembered the characters. I remembered the solution to the puzzle. I remem

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ReadingMagic - How have you encouraged your kids to read for fun? -The Reading Magic GameDay 5

Benjamin Fife

Jan 19
2 min

ReadingMagic - How have you encouraged your kids to read for fun? -The Reading Magic GameDay 5

When anyone finds a book they love, we're delighted to share it with each other. Our house gradually gets smaller and smaller as we add bo

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ReadingMagic - When did you first discover that reading could be fun? - The Reading Magic Game day 4

Benjamin Fife

Jan 18
3 min

ReadingMagic - When did you first discover that reading could be fun? - The Reading Magic Game day 4

I remember sitting at the end of the hall in our basement next to my oldest brother’s room reading, and reading, and reading on the floor by

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ReadingMagic - Who are your favorite authors of kids books and why? - The Reading Magic Game Day 3

Benjamin Fife

Jan 18
2 min

ReadingMagic - Who are your favorite authors of kids books and why? - The Reading Magic Game Day 3

No one else draws like Dr. Seuss. Others may emulate, but it's like copying Van Gogh or the unique vibrato of Louis Armstrong’s trumpet.

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ReadingMagic - What was your favorite animal book or story and why? - The Reading Magic Game Day 2

Benjamin Fife

Jan 16
3 min

ReadingMagic - What was your favorite animal book or story and why? - The Reading Magic Game Day 2

How about you? What animal books did you connect with as a kid? Have any affected how you treat animals?

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#readingmagic - What was your favorite book growing up? - The Reading Magic Game Day 1

Benjamin Fife

Jan 15
2 min

#readingmagic - What was your favorite book growing up? - The Reading Magic Game Day 1

I don't own Dr. Seuss' brilliant gem I adored more than any other book when I was 7-8 years old. My elementary school library that year pro

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