How Comic Books Helped Me Learn to Read Essay

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Literacy Narrative: Learning to Read with Donald Duck Comic BooksOne of my earliest memories is also one of my most important. One weekend when I was about 4 years old, I recall jerking open the closet door in my bedroom (I was in a hurry to get something inside) and the bottom of the door caught the big toenail on my right foot, pealing it back and ripping it off. As the pain washed over me and I saw the blood flow, I quickly realized this was not going to end well and I started yelling and crying at the top of my lungs. My parents rushed into my room and I managed to blurt out what happened through my sobs, but a trip to the emergency room, a spiffy new bandage and lavish attention from my parents helped reassure me that everything would soon be okay – and I was right.Not only did my mom bring me hot sweetened tea and crackers with peanut butter while I propped my foot up in bed, my dad left abruptly only to return a half hour later with a stack of used comic books which he gave me without a word except to say he hoped my toe was better soon. We never had comic books in my home before this incident, only “kiddie books” which did not particularly interest me and…

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Although I enjoyed other genres, I always returned to Donald Duck and his characters as my all-time favorites, and for good reason. My young mind was filled with stories about Donald and his nephews taking part in historic events and traveling to exotic venues, and I visited Hadrian’s Wall, the ancient library at Alexandria and even searched for the Philosopher’s Stone along with his nephews. There was also Gyro Gearloose and his electric bulb assistant, “Little Helper.” These colorful characters were all the invention of Carl Barks who wrote and drew all of these stories single-handedly. To this day, I credit Barks with inspiring my lifelong love of reading that all began with a big toenail being….....

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