Beginning
My second-grade son, already an avid reader, has been living in Narnia for weeks now. He has one book going on his own; we read chapters from another aloud at bedtime. He is challenged and delighted by C. S. Lewis's language and imagery; for the first time, a flashlight shines from under the bedclothes. But on one recent night Prince Caspian was set aside in favor of a storybook we used to read together when he was three. Afterward, he gave a deep, nostalgic sigh. "I remember when we first read that book, a long time ago," he said. "Even though I'm old now, I still like it. It reminds me of being young."
This 1998 volume is full of humor and surprises by new and familiar voices. The Best American Short Stories every year offers the finest works chosen by a distinguished, best-selling author. These stories were Garrison Keillor's choices, but the beginning above was from the foreword by Katrina Kenison, the editor of the series of annual short stories.
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