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what childhood books are responsible for your writing obsession...
As writers, how did this wonderful fascination with words and stories begin within us?

My hunch is it started somewhere in our childhood with tales of dragons and the like.
Maybe inside “Little Golden Books” or deep inside a”wardrobe”.
It could have happened in the “once upon a time” or during “the dark and stormy night”.
Wherever it began for you think back to your childhood, the books you loved and the memories they made and add to “
    “The Dolls Ode to Children’s Books
Try your hand at couplet type poetry as you create the next line to the ongoing Ode.
Rhymezone.com could be very useful here.  Have fun!

Why the Timbertoes aren't reality

the joy of knowledge books bring to me,

Upon your return the words rise again, falling in worlds drawn from within the pen.

Rusty The Dog I remember well, Cocker Spaniel he was just as swell. Especially when he wagged his tail.

being unhappy, when your mind is free. Open that book, you start the race,

A Doctor Suess world with no Doctor Suess me.

My parents bookshelves stood taller than me.

With the reach of my hand and a turn of each page, I was the actor upon that bright stage. I sailed the waves of the ocean blue, or rode in the pouch of a kangaroo.

Why all these books do what they do to me. They make me laugh, they make me cry, they make me want make up weird rhymes.

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Children’s books, Oh children’s books,
Stacked in every corner of our brain nooks.

I can’t get enough, I just can’t see,

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