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The Quote
“You may have riches and wealth untold,
Baskets of jewels and caskets of gold,
But richer than I, you will never be
For I had a mother who read to me.”
I think I've heard this poem almost my entire life. Of course, I fully embraced the idea behind it - many readers built me into the reader I am today. I read to all my kids.
Not all my kids are readers. One of my children had dyslexia. She doesn't love reading because it's a lot of work for her. But she CAN read. We made sure of that.
It took a little digging, but it seems this poem is part of a longer work called, "The Reading Mother" by Strickland W. Gillilan, my seventh cousin four times removed.
He's most famous for "The Reading Mother" which every mom got for Mother's Day in the 50s, but he's also famous for writing the shortest poem ever. I'm totally not making this up.
Since all his work is now in the public domain, I feel no guilt whatsoever about sharing that poem here. And illustrating it in my own way.
Fleas
Adam
Had 'em.
The End
I love this guy!
Gotta see if I can find more of his work!
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