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In honor of Mother’s Day, I thought I’d re-post an older piece about how my mum tricked me into becoming a lifelong reader …




Last month I wrote a post about how my father shaped me as a reader — so I thought today it would be appropriate to talk about my mum.1 That’s her in the photo, reading to my cousins … but it’s a pretty accurate picture of my own childhood.


I come from a family of seriou...

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Average rating: 3.98 · 1,612 ratings · 356 reviews · 2 distinct works · Similar authors
Peter Nimble and His Fantas...
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 1,611 ratings — published 2011 — 16 editions
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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens and Peter and Wendy by J.M. Barrie
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
Reinventing Comics by Scott McCloud
Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville
Factotum by D.M. Cornish
Foundling by D.M. Cornish
Do you work as a librarian for a living?

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“Now, there is a wonderful thing in this world called "foresight". It is a gift treasured above all others because it allows one to know what the future holds. Most people with foresight end up wielding immense power in life, often becoming great rulers or librarians.”
Jonathan Auxier, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes

“A boy your age should know better than to consider anything impossible.” (p 62)”
Jonathan Auxier, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes

“It was a choice between comfortable misery and terrifying uncertainty… professor Cake had given him a choice – a gift that no one had ever offered him before” 68”
Jonathan Auxier, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes

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The Sisters GrimmMichael Buckley
 
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TwilightStephenie Meyer
 
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Peter NimbleJonathan Auxier
 
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Harry PotterJ.K. Rowling
 
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Welcome to our Q&A session with Jonathan Auxier, author of PETER NIMBLE AND HIS FANTASTIC EYES. Jonathan will be answering your questions about Peter...more



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