Enid Author Fest 2017
I am honored to be invited as an Oklahoma author to celebrate books at the Enid Public Library on January 14th 2017 10 a.m – 4 p.m
You will be able to meet more than thirty Oklahoma Authors.
I grew up about one mile east of the library. My younger brother and I would stop at the library during the summer to cool off from riding our bikes in the hot midwest sun. It was our little bit of heaven. A cold water fountain and the bathrooms was the first thing on our minds. The business of reading was second. The books let us escape our chaos.
We didn’t have goggle or the internet. We had mircofiche machines.
If you wanted to learn something you read an encyclopedia at home or you went to the local library.
I remember learning about the dewey decimal system and what fiction and non fiction books meant. I felt in control of my learning for the first time in the Enid Public Library. I would walk up to the wooden drawers called card catalog. If I knew the name of an author or subject I would give the metal holder a tug and finger through the cards. The card would have a number I took a small pencil and a piece of scratch paper and scribbled the secret code.
I traveled shelf to shelf book searching with my younger brother in tow. He was mischievous little kid. He liked animal books of any kind. I would often find him a couple books first and sit him on the rug with the rest of the children. When I felt comfortable he would stay in place. I would search for my books.
The Enid Public Library was always a safe place for me.
Enid Public Library
120 West Maine St.
Enid, OK
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Here is list of my favorite books as a kid.
Summer of the Monkeys
Where the Red Fern Grows
Sounder
How to Eat Fried Worms
Blubber
Outsiders
Super Fudge
Flowers in the Attic
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Boxcar Children
I challenge you to make a list of your favorite book when you were young teen.
You are invited to
Enid Author Fest 2017 is January 14th 10 a.m – 4 p.m
Free Admission
Book Signing, Readings and Selling
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