Bill Martin Jr, author of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, one of Helena's favourites, died August 11.
He loved language, as a thing in itself, and had a great ear for its rhythm.
A blessed thing happened to me as a child. I had a teacher who read to me. Of course, she was reading to all other children in the classroom, but I believed she was reading just to me because I was a nonreader.
It's his nonreader mindset that enabled him to tap into a language that children respond to.
Thanks, Bill, for helping me draw Helena into the world of books.
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Sad news. Alex loves Brown Bear and Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?. When we were camping earlier this month I was putting him to bed in the tent in the dark and offered to tell a story instead of reading. He asked for a story about a polar bear and patiently listened while I told some story about a travelling polar bear who came south, and then asked for a story about a brown bear. I clued in, and we recited Brown Bear together, snuggled in the sleeping bag.
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