When I Went to the Library
Subtitle: Writers Celebrate Books and Reading
Contributors: Debora Pearson (Editor); Michele Landsberg (Introduction)
Publisher: Tandem Library
Published: September 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780613885904
Subjects: Juvenile Fiction; Short Stories; Children's 9-12; Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
First sentence: I ALWAYS used to skip the introductions in books, just in case they let something slip and ruined the freshness of discovery that lay waiting for me in the pages ahead-or, worse, in case their dull, stodgy flavor slopped over and spoiled the distinctive tang of the story I was about to plunge into.