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Hi Bruce - I recently bought a house and after finally moving the remainder of my things out of my parents basement I came across my collection of your books that I read with my friends in around 3rd grade, 1991 or so. See below for a picture, I put them on my bookshelf.
I just wanted to say thanks, I can't articulate exactly how your stories influenced me but I do remember reading them excitedly and talking about and trading them with my friends. We even went as far as to write our own version, "My Librarian is an Alien" - a clear case of copyright infringement however we were pretty proud of it, so much so we stayed in from recess to write and "publish" it, and even got it into our school's card catalog. Apologies for never sending royalities, we were hoping that you could look the other way on that 😀 We still talk and mention your books from time to time - none of us became writers or anything like that but your work clearly had an impact on all of us that we discuss it fondly to this day.
I'm keeping the books on my shelf in hopes that I can reread them with my daughter (she's 6 months old this week!) in a few years. But looking at things with her in mind, you were clearly a reason I enjoyed reading as a child, and since reading is so important at that age I will do my best to make sure she can discover all that magic we had so many years ago.
Take care, and thanks again,
-Jason
https://i.imgur.com/5rjAbCS.jpg
I just wanted to say thanks, I can't articulate exactly how your stories influenced me but I do remember reading them excitedly and talking about and trading them with my friends. We even went as far as to write our own version, "My Librarian is an Alien" - a clear case of copyright infringement however we were pretty proud of it, so much so we stayed in from recess to write and "publish" it, and even got it into our school's card catalog. Apologies for never sending royalities, we were hoping that you could look the other way on that 😀 We still talk and mention your books from time to time - none of us became writers or anything like that but your work clearly had an impact on all of us that we discuss it fondly to this day.
I'm keeping the books on my shelf in hopes that I can reread them with my daughter (she's 6 months old this week!) in a few years. But looking at things with her in mind, you were clearly a reason I enjoyed reading as a child, and since reading is so important at that age I will do my best to make sure she can discover all that magic we had so many years ago.
Take care, and thanks again,
-Jason
https://i.imgur.com/5rjAbCS.jpg
Reply by Bruce Coville
Hi, Jason -
First of all, my apologies for being so slow in responding. (Sometimes the guestbook gets away from me!) I loved the picture - and also that your memory was of reading the books with your friends. That was one of my own favorite aspects of reading when I was a kid . . . sharing books with friends who loved them as much as I did.
I got a charge out of your story about working with your friends on "My Librarian is an Alien" (I'm looking in the other direction in the matter of copyright . . . ) I get an even bigger charge out of the fact that you and your friends still think about the books to this day. What more could a writer ask for!?
I hope you will find great joy in reading to your daughter when the time is right. Reading to my own kids was one of my favorite things in the world when I was a young father!
All good wishes,
BC
First of all, my apologies for being so slow in responding. (Sometimes the guestbook gets away from me!) I loved the picture - and also that your memory was of reading the books with your friends. That was one of my own favorite aspects of reading when I was a kid . . . sharing books with friends who loved them as much as I did.
I got a charge out of your story about working with your friends on "My Librarian is an Alien" (I'm looking in the other direction in the matter of copyright . . . ) I get an even bigger charge out of the fact that you and your friends still think about the books to this day. What more could a writer ask for!?
I hope you will find great joy in reading to your daughter when the time is right. Reading to my own kids was one of my favorite things in the world when I was a young father!
All good wishes,
BC