Question of the Day

Well, obviously, we all really like children's book questions! I think we may have done this before, but it's been a while if we did, so:

What's a "lesson" you learned from a book as a child that stays with you to this day?

This can be either a "good" lesson that you still live by, or perhaps something you read that made you say "what a load of bullshit!" Either way, what did you take away from your fancy book learnin'?

Harriet the Spy taught me to be adventurous in my learning and observation, to find beauty in the everyday, and to own up and apologize when I've made a horrible mess of things. She taught me that friendships, when broken, can be repaired.

She also taught me not to hate tomatoes.

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