Our Reading Roots

Authors

Nicky Didicher (ed)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21810/sfulibrary.89

Keywords:

Readers, Reading, Libraries, Librarians

Synopsis

In Our Reading Roots, the participants in English 487 Topics in Children's Literature in Summer 2021 at Simon Fraser University share stories of becoming readers, relationships with libraries and librarians, family reading time, social struggles, comfort and discomfort, expanding ideas of inclusion, and the joy and value of reading.   

ISBN: 978-1-77287-088-6

Chapters

  • Cover
    PDF
  • Frontmatter
    PDF
  • Table of Contents
    PDF
  • Our Reading Roots: Introduction
    Nicky Didicher
    PDF
  • Recommendations: Titles We Beg You to Read or Avoid
    Students in ENGL 487, Nicky Didicher
    PDF
  • From Windows to Mirrors: My Reading Journey
    Nimrit Basra
    PDF
  • Darcy, Heathcliff, and the Drama in Solitary Reading
    Justin Bermudez
    PDF
  • Circling Back through Books
    Kelly Pei Xuan Chia
    PDF
  • Do You Smell Something Burning?
    Nicky Didicher
    PDF
  • Exiting the Fantasy Bubble
    Erielle Dizon
    PDF
  • The Reluctant Silent Reader: How One Woman Stopped Pretending to Read Animorphs Books and Became an English Major
    Sophia Dobischok
    PDF
  • My Fictitious Friends and I
    Lily Nichol
    PDF
  • No Longer Ariel: Leaving the Archetypes of Children’s Literature Behind and Learning to be My Own Strong Female Character
    Rachel Sargeant
    PDF
  • Analyzing the Eggs, Never Making an Omelet
    Natasha Tar
    PDF

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August 30, 2021

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