#OldBooks

Yesterday I purged my book shelves. It has been a long time coming because I feel possessive about my books, but there comes a time when some books are no longer relevant to my life. It was time to face facts - I needed space for new books. Treasures come and go. When something is no longer treasured it is time to pass that something along to someone else who will love it and value it. So went my old books - to the used book store shelf at my supermarket where customers can trade books. I love that feature of the store. It tells me that people are valued.

Anyway, my shelves needed space for me to uncrate the store of classic children's books that have been waiting for my grandchildren to discover. The oldest grandchild is now six, which is a great age to begin reading books that are no longer primarily colored pictures. She can now follow a story more with her ears than with her eyes. We are on to new adventures, seeing the story in our heads as I explained to her.

Our first venture into books with no pictures was Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne. It does have some illustrations (by Ernest H. Shepard), making this an excellent transition book. Having read the commercialized Winnie-the-Pooh stories, my granddaughter had no idea how funny Pooh is. She giggled often and repeated the comicial parts over and over. What a great time we had.

So while I sadly said farewell to my old books, I can't wait for the adventures that await on the children's section of my book shelves.

Denise

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