Through reflecting on my literacy history, I recall reading and listening to unconventional fairy tale texts that contained frenetic pictures such as Jon Scieszka’s The Stinky Cheese Man: And Other fairly Stupid Tales. I loved reading such texts because they would always make me laugh. Like many other children, I also gained a love for Dr. Seuss books such as The Cat in the Hat. I was quite fascinated by the variety of adjectives used in the text as well as how the vivid and dynamic illustrations conveyed motion beautifully. As a result, I was obsessed with watching the movie version of the book. As a child and until this day, literacy was often accompanied by visual spatial learning abilities as I would often read books then draw what I sensed was happening in the text. I was also keen on remembering images, faces, and fine details in the books and would retell the details to my friends and family members. …show more content…
The Cam Jansen series by David A. Adler was one of my favorite mystery series along with the Magic Tree House. Such genres kept me hooked and reading until the very last page. I would always feel as if I was in the story going on an adventure or solving a mystery. I also recall developing literacy orally while singing with my mother who would make up songs on the spot. Her songs would often rhythm and retell personal stories and at times she would stop and make me add a lyric or word in the