Books have always been an important part of my life. I learned to read before starting school (in the first class of kindergarteners at our district) because I wanted to do what my three older brothers were doing. We didn't have a lot of money, so Mama found books where she could, at yard sales, giveaways and even the dump (I've never understood people who throw away perfectly good books).
She was determined that her babies would be able to read what they could handle.
Once I went to school and she went to work at a nursing home in Greenwood, money was a little less tight, but she still economized where she could so she could save up for an encyclopedia set.
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