The Eclectic Reader will be hosting its 34th community Conversation Cafe on February 12 at 7:15 p.m. The topic this month will be “What Books or Stories Have Influenced Your Life? ” The Conversation Cafe promotes respectful listening and open-minded conversation on meaningful topics. Free. Everyone welcome. For more information call 970-223-4019.
Monty-cat always joins us. I think he was influenced by Dewey, (the library cat) by Vicki Myron.
I was influenced by Tootle (Gertrude Crampton, 1945), the train who had to learn to “stay on the rails no matter what.” I hated that book. Poor Tootle was broken, could have no fun any more. I just found out that as of 2001 Tootle was the 3rd best selling hardcover children’s book in English. That’s sad.
I was also influenced by The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1911). I so wanted to be Dickon, who spoke to the animals and knew all about nature.
And then there was Report to Greco and others by Nikos Kazantzakis.
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Come, join us for a fun evening. 
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