September 25, 2013

Question of the Week: “Do you read out loud or to yourself and what are some of your favorite books?” (Asked at the Princeton Public Library’s Children’s Book Festival Saturday)

TT Celia Zoe Totaro

Celia: “Bad Kitty and I like to read to myself.”
Zoe: “I read to myself, Amelia Bedelia is my favorite.”
—Celia (left) and Zoe Totaro, Flemington

TT Nina Crews Asa Antoine

Aesop in California and Pinocchio and we read out loud together.” —Nina Crews and son Asa Antoine, Brooklyn

TT Barrett Miller

 “I read out loud and to myself. My favorite books are The Grimm Sisters and the Judy Moody books.”
—Barrett Miller, Lawrenceville
TT Andy Ratner Nate Howard
 Andy: “I like nonfiction books mostly about airplanes and vehicles and stuff like that. I like to read to myself.”
Nate: “I like the Septimus Heap series and the Artemis Fowl series. I read to myself.”
—Andy Ratner and Nate Howard, Princeton
TT Sophia Nathan
 “I read to myself. My favorite book is Princess Bess Gets Dressed, which I bought here a few years ago.”
—Sophia Nathan, Princeton
TT Alfred Honore

 “I read to myself and I like the Pokemon series.”
— Alfred Honore, Chapel Hill, N.C. (formerly of Princeton)

TT Deirdre Owen Ristic

Deirdre: ”The Giving Tree and books by Kevin Henkes. I read to myself.”
Owen: “Harry Potter series and I like to read to myself.”
—Deirdre and Owen Ristic, Princeton