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Love of Reading

I took many classes in college. Most of them were history or history related. Jason teased me immensely about all the Latin and classic (which is the study of ancient Rome and Greece) classes I took always saying that they would be of no use to anyone. Due to this, I have multiple copies of Homer's Illiad and Odyssey (only in English), and numerous copies of Virgil's Aeneid in both Latin and English. Daniel loves to pull books off the bookshelf like any good two year old and his favorite one to find is one he calls "the mask book." That mask book happens to be my favorite translation of the Illiad and when Daniel finds it he insists that we read it. So needless to say we are in the end of book two of the Illiad and Daniel loves it for some reason. I could not believe that he just loves hearing about Achilles and Agamemnon and all the others. I even try to read other things with him but when he finds the "mask book" we have to read it. This is the only book without pictures that he will let me read. I think it is awesome.

Daniel's other favorite books at the moment are "Green Eggs and Ham" and then this picture book full of transportation vehicles which he cannot get enough of. I am not sure of the connections to all these but at least he likes to read.

I know this picture is outdated but it's my favorite of him reading.

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Josie said…
That is SO funny! He is going to be super smart! How cute!
10:02 PM
Megan said…
Ah yes. Little baby Daniel. So cute. And weren't times so much simpler then? I love that Anna loves to read as well - lets hope they both stay that way. I think that is hilarious though that he will read a book with NO pictures - now that is awesome. I don't know how I have not yet purchased Green Eggs and Ham - I need to get on that one!
10:13 PM
Anjanette said…
That's great. I was just thinking the other day that it will be so fun to start reading chapter books with Katelyn. There are so many good books out there. Hope the new baby comes soon and everything goes well. Please let me know if I can do anything.
3:02 PM
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