Hello! My name is Andrea Edmundson and I am currently a Junior English/History double major here at TCU. I have one older brother (Philip, 23) and one younger sister (Caroline, 15). I was born and raised in Houston, Texas and thoroughly enjoy the hot summers we experience living by the pool and spending time outdoors.
I would have to say that my favorite children's book would be E.B. White's The Trumpet of the Swan. Growing up with an older brother, my book collection was always filled of books he had read and passed down to me. The book took on an important role in bringing the then four members of my family (my sister was yet to arrive) closer together through family reading of the book. We even ventured to purchase the book on tape to listen to and take with us as we embarked on the two day drive from Houston to Colorado for vacation during many summers. It was not only the characters that were brought to life through voice that made the book a personal favorite as it was the fact my family spent time enjoying it all together.
Purpose for Imaginative Literature
14 years ago
I love Trumpet of the Swan too, even more than Charlotte's Web (which we'll be reading). I think it's far more worldly and poignant, too. I definitely understand how a book's importance can benefit from the circumstances in which it was first experienced. The ritual of reading out loud as a family is one of the dearest ones to me too, and one of the reasons I sometimes curse the tv, iphone, and laptop, all of which seem to crowd out the craving we have to experience a good story together.
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