Today is Show and Tell Day! Instead of bringing in our pet gerbils, stealing mysterious toiletries from our parents' medicine cabinets, or (I once did this in a last-ditch effort) pulling something from our lunches like we used to do in elementary school, we thought we'd feature some of our most prized literary possesstions. Enjoy!
From Brittany:
"This is my first library card from my hometown in California. I remember going there all the time when I was a kid, and after college, I interned at a local art gallery where I was able to help install art in the newly renovated public library. I've had this card for a long time!"
From Nadia:
"My friend gave me these Harry Potter postcards as a good luck charm when I started working at Scholastic. They are still hanging on my bulletin board 3+ years later! I think they're working!"
From Gina:
"This is my copy of I Wear the Black Hat by Chuck Klosterman. It’s his latest collection of essays about villains – fictional and real. He’s one of my favorite authors, and a reading/signing event was held in my neighborhood so I went and got a copy signed. What made the event extra special was that we chit-chatted for a few seconds (the signing line was long!) about my favorite villain, Ben Linus from LOST – which you can tell by the autograph!"
From Lia:
"My 9th grade copy of Macbeth (can you tell from the marked-up pages?)! It was the first Shakespeare play I read—thanks to my English teacher, Mr. Morris, for getting me hooked!
And mine:
My parents gave me these beautiful gold duck bookends for Christmas. I think they're one of a kind.
