I think it was in third grade when I asked the School Librarian about books for my age, probably from not understanding how libraries were laid out. The books she pointed to were not challenging and not wholly interesting, but they weren't beyond me. It took another year, during which the Library moved into a much more spacious building, before I became a bookworm.

Now that's not to say it came all at once. I had been generally in front of the class as far as words go since early kindergarten. Mum said she used to read to me lots when I was little and we have always had lots of books at home.

Wade.