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Jim Trelease, author of The Read-Aloud Handbook and all around reading advocate, felt as a boy that ALL books were GIRL books and he wasnt interested in them.
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The book that changed his mind was Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. Rawls was a great American storyteller and his book is one of the great dog books. Trelease has continued in his admiration and provides a wonderful tribute page to Rawls on his website. Be sure to listen to the news story and consider purchasing the CD recording of Rawlss speech.
Many people told Trelease that it was the best speech they ever heard and while I cant go so far as that, it is an amazing speech about dreams, reading, commitment, and gratitude. I wish now I had bought a copy of the full speech earlier.
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Trelease passed on in It doesnt look like are selling copies of the speech anymore, but Im going to follow up and Ill let you know what I find out.
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