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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 wasn&#;t 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 Rawls&#;s speech.

Many people told Trelease that it was the best speech they ever heard and while I can&#;t 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 doesn&#;t look like are selling copies of the speech anymore, but I&#;m going to follow up and I&#;ll let you know what I find out.

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