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Originally Posted by manaboutown
Anybody remember Der Struwwelpeter, Grimm's and Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales? I enjoyed those and gave copies to my grandchildren.
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Yes, once we could walk to the library ourselves, those were the books my little girl friends and I would borrow from the library.....and take home to read........I wonder if the kids today still read fairy tales like we did.
Our son was the youngest child, at age three, to have a library card in our town. The librarian was impressed with how he could read at such a young age..........it just came natural to both of mine......I read to them all the time since babyhood, once they could sit up on my lap.........and they still love to read, as do their spouses and children.
Unless they live in a very small town like we do, I bet kids don't even walk to the library anymore (meaning on their own.....not driven). Our daughter continued the library tradition and brought all of her three to story hour from babyhood on.......and they all borrowed books as a family........just like my mom took us in the 1940's and early '50s....until we went on our own.