books

books

Lev loved to read. He was a really fast reader, and enjoyed fantasy books.
We would go to the used book store and he would sometimes buy 15 books, which he consumed rapidly. In the beginning of fourth grade his teacher let him read most of the day. One day, he didn't even go to class. He just stayed in the library until the teacher asked me at lunch if he was home sick. We went and found him in the library. He hadn't notice that school had started. In between books, or series, he also watch plenty of tv on the computer - Simpsons, Family Guy, etc. He and Zay would trade books when they visited once a year. He would fill his suitcase with books, and then come home with a whole new supply.

When he was nine I would still read to him often at night, but not much after then. He read all the Redwall books at that age, and I remember reading them to him. They had lots of animals, funny characters with Scottish accents. Whenever I read I wanted to do all the accents, but he would get so upset. My accent didn't sound like he imagined it and he would get frustrated and angry. I would slip back into the accent, for my own amusement, but each time he would get so mad.

Rebecca