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From: Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz>
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Subject: National Read a Child a Book You Like Day (28 September)
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 23:20:06 +1200
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It's the birthday of Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923), author of _Rebecca 
of Sunnybrook Farm_ (1903). I remember her name from primary school 
libraries. Her books were still being recommended in the 1950s, though I 
don't think I ever read one.

She founded kindergartens for poor children in California.

I've enjoyed reading to children when the occasion has arisen. But there 
are none resident in this house. So a couple of years ago I suggested a 
bedtime story reading to my wife, and she thought that was a nice idea. 
We started with Carl Sandburg's Rootabaga Stories. (I wanted to re-read 
it, and thought it would be more fun to share it.) Then we worked our 
way through a large collection of the Brothers Grimm (in English). We've 
just finished Kipling's Just-So Stories. I'm not sure what I'll do next. 
She's often asleep within a few minutes after I start, but that's OK. I 
enjoy the reading, even without a conscious audience. And she enjoys 
sleeping.