narwhal-noir:

Elementary School Reading Culture:

  • The popular books having waiting lists in the library
  • Not having read the popular book yet and feeling super left-out of the lunchtime conversation
  • Those huge graphic non-fiction books about horses
  • Having a to-read list of like 4 or 5 books
  • Personalized bookmarks
  • Having a booklight next to your bed
  • Forgetting your book at home and being devastated
  • Designated reading-for-pleasure time in school
  • Being amazed when you took the dust jacket off and the book underneath was super pretty, then showing all your friends
  • Different books being popular in different schools (Inkheart and the Pseudonymous Bosh serious were poppin at my school)
  • Everyone knew the librarian
  • People would ask what you were reading and actually want to know about the plot
  • Going on vacation and being excited to choose books to bring
  • Reading before bed at sleepovers
  • Going to the bookstore was the highlight of your month
  • Boarders
  • Hardcover books only costing like 9 bucks
  • The Scholastic Book Fair