re: What book really sparked your love of reading.

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What book really sparked your love of reading.
I began reading at an early age. My mom taught me to read before pre-school.

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My story is similar except it was my mom and grandmother, the former was persistent, the latter had a master's degree in education and taught for 30 years. Together they had me reading at 3.

It wasn't one book that gave me a love of story. It was an old series of books that contained every great fairy tale, true story, poem, and lore from every culture from India west. They were called the My Bookhouse Series and the last ones were printed in 1937. I still have almost the complete set in good condition. Amazing really, with how destructive I was as a kid, and that they were 49 years old when I was born.

If you can find a set and have a kid with imagination, or have a good one yourself. I heavily advise investing the money to buy a set. They are expensive but its a lot of excellent reading. Really opens up the culture of the rest of the world.