Read Along with Sharon Washington!

Growing up in the custodial apartment of a library afforded Sharon Washington an endless supply of reading material which sparked her imagination and instilled a lifelong passion for promoting literacy and libraries. Here are just a few of her favorites:

Some of Sharon’s favorite books from childhood:

• The Cat in the Hat, Bartholomew and the Oobleck, Put Me in the Zoo (and all other titles from Dr. Seuss)
• Curious George by Margret Rey
• From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
• The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
• Lang Fairy Tale Books series (Red & Blue)
• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
• Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
• Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
• James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

Some of Sharon’s favorite teen and adult titles:

• Mama Day by Gloria Naylor
• Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
• The Alienist by Caleb Carr
• Time and Again by Jack Finney
• The Shining and Night Shift (Short Story Collection) by Stephen King
• Beloved by Toni Morrison
• The King Must Die by Mary Renault