{"id":1879,"date":"2011-03-22T10:34:17","date_gmt":"2011-03-22T15:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=1879"},"modified":"2022-04-15T16:55:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T21:55:59","slug":"drop-everything-and-read-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=1879","title":{"rendered":"Drop Everything and Read! (2001)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are but a few reading memories I have from my childhood. I loved McCloskey\u2019s Homer Price<\/em><\/a>, The MAD Adventures of Captain Klutz<\/em><\/a>, Woody Allen\u2019s Without Feathers<\/em><\/a>, D’aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths<\/em><\/a> and was rather fond of the Uncle Remus “trickster” fables<\/a>. There was a big brightly illustrated picture book series by Miroslav Sasek<\/a> called, This is Australia<\/em><\/a>, This is Stamford\u2026<\/em> that made me dream of travel to faraway lands. I also remember using Battle for the Planet of the Apes<\/em><\/a> (the novelization) when my 12th grade English teacher required oral interpretation of a novel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fourth grade was a year of revelations for me. I realized that if I painted everything black I could get the child study team to come in and evaluate me on a regular basis. Rorschach Tests were MUCH more interesting than copying lists of spelling words. I also continued my crusade to become a G-Man just like my boyhood hero, J. Edgar Hoover. If forced, I might have chosen to grow-up as Evil Knievel, although there were more jobs for crime-fighters than daredevils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a series of books in the school library that captured the imaginations of my boyhood friends and me. I remember what the books looked like. Most had red covers with black and white photos consuming the bottom half. The author was C.B. Colby. Thanks to the World Wide Web\u2019s ability to archive bizarre ideas and products I\u2019ve been able to track down a few of the actual titles of these literary masterpieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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