![]() ![]() The rate and prowess at which we learn these skills are determined by our environment and social interactions. We must learn how to talk, walk, and read. At birth we are all given the physical ability to eat, sleep, cry, and use the restroom. It took me a very long time to find my personal reading voice and understand that there is no such thing as a natural born reader. ![]() My Very Favorite Book in the Whole Wide World is the story of a kid named Henley, who goes on a search for a special book, but like me, he has a few challenges along the way. But the truth is, this story comes from my own personal experience as a struggling reader who found a path to loving books. Even now when I see the title of my latest picture book, My Very Favorite Book in the Whole Wide World, I shake my head, not quite believing that book has my name on it. When I was a kid, if someone told me that I would grow up to become a published author and founder of a youth literacy foundation, I would have laughed and kept walking. ![]()
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