My Treasured Book

I have often wrote about my mom reading to me as a child, and I am very thankful she did take the time to read to me. I have one of the books she read stories to me from on the bookshelf in the family room titled The Illustrated Treasury of Children's Literature edited by Margaret Martignoni, copyright date of 1955.

It was this book where I believe I was first introduced to so many stories and poems. It is a large book, and I remember when I was growing up, using the book to press flowers between the pages. The strange thing is, some of the pressed flowers from my youth remain in the book today.

For me, the sentimental aspect of the book is not only that my mom read from it to me as a child, but the pencil check marks in the table of contents remind me what stories I read to my children. It is one of my most treasured books.