I’ve been reading for almost 50 years and will read almost anything. For pure pleasure, though, my favorites are “The Day the Goose Got Loose” by Reeve Lindbergh (Steven Kellogg, Illustrator), “The Digging-Est Dog” by Al Perkins (Eric Gurney, Illustrator) and “The Lorax” by Theodor Seuss Geisel, read aloud to my daughter Cate when she was young.
These are three great, well-illustrated stories. “The Day the Goose Got Loose” is a little scary — the bull in one scene is a big, pretty ugly creature — but it’s very funny. Cate really loved the little dog at the “end of the line” in “The Digging-Est Dog” (no giving away the plot) and “The Lorax” may be the best environmental book ever written.
The performance thing also plays a big role in my selections. I was a competitive public speaker in high school and loved oral interpretation. Reading these stories aloud brought back lots of memories, and also gave me a chance to be a performer in the privacy of my daughter’s bedroom. (There was also the time in the mid 1990’s — at a dinner at our home for my old law firm — when I read “The Day the Goose Got Loose” for my partners and their wives. Wine was involved, and it may have been the beginning of the end of that business relationship!)
So, I’ve certainly read many great books. I’ve read a few many times: “The Grapes of Wrath” and “The Caine Mutiny” come to mind quickly. That all said, the three children’s books, read aloud to Cate, occupy the top of my list.
Mark Rubin is an attorney with Mesch, Clark & Rothschild, P.C. He is also co-chair of the current events committee of the 2011 Tucson Festival of Books.
I’ve been reading for almost 50 years and will read almost anything. For pure pleasure, though, my favorites are “The Day the Goose Got Loose” by Reeve Lindbergh (Steven Kellogg, Illustrator), “The Digging-Est Dog” by Al Perkins (Eric Gurney, Illustrator) and “The Lorax” by Theodor Seuss Geisel, read aloud to my daughter Cate when she was young.
These are three great, well-illustrated stories. “The Day the Goose Got Loose” is a little scary — the bull in one scene is a big, pretty ugly creature — but it’s very funny. Cate really loved the little dog at the “end of the line” in “The Digging-Est Dog” (no giving away the plot) and “The Lorax” may be the best environmental book ever written.
The performance thing also plays a big role in my selections. I was a competitive public speaker in high school and loved oral interpretation. Reading these stories aloud brought back lots of memories, and also gave me a chance to be a performer in the privacy of my daughter’s bedroom. (There was also the time in the mid 1990’s — at a dinner at our home for my old law firm — when I read “The Day the Goose Got Loose” for my partners and their wives. Wine was involved, and it may have been the beginning of the end of that business relationship!)
So, I’ve certainly read many great books. I’ve read a few many times: “The Grapes of Wrath” and “The Caine Mutiny” come to mind quickly. That all said, the three children’s books, read aloud to Cate, occupy the top of my list.
Mark Rubin is an attorney with Mesch, Clark & Rothschild, P.C. He is also co-chair of the current events committee of the 2011 Tucson Festival of Books.
I’ve been reading for almost 50 years and will read almost anything. For pure pleasure, though, my favorites are “The Day the Goose Got Loose” by Reeve Lindbergh (Steven Kellogg, Illustrator), “The Digging-Est Dog” by Al Perkins (Eric Gurney, Illustrator) and “The Lorax” by Theodor Seuss Geisel, read aloud to my daughter Cate when she was young.
These are three great, well-illustrated stories. “The Day the Goose Got Loose” is a little scary — the bull in one scene is a big, pretty ugly creature — but it’s very funny. Cate really loved the little dog at the “end of the line” in “The Digging-Est Dog” (no giving away the plot) and “The Lorax” may be the best environmental book ever written.
The performance thing also plays a big role in my selections. I was a competitive public speaker in high school and loved oral interpretation. Reading these stories aloud brought back lots of memories, and also gave me a chance to be a performer in the privacy of my daughter’s bedroom. (There was also the time in the mid 1990’s — at a dinner at our home for my old law firm — when I read “The Day the Goose Got Loose” for my partners and their wives. Wine was involved, and it may have been the beginning of the end of that business relationship!)
So, I’ve certainly read many great books. I’ve read a few many times: “The Grapes of Wrath” and “The Caine Mutiny” come to mind quickly. That all said, the three children’s books, read aloud to Cate, occupy the top of my list.
Mark Rubin is an attorney with Mesch, Clark & Rothschild, P.C. He is also co-chair of the current events committee of the 2011 Tucson Festival of Books.
I’ve been reading for almost 50 years and will read almost anything. For pure pleasure, though, my favorites are “The Day the Goose Got Loose” by Reeve Lindbergh (Steven Kellogg, Illustrator), “The Digging-Est Dog” by Al Perkins (Eric Gurney, Illustrator) and “The Lorax” by Theodor Seuss Geisel, read aloud to my daughter Cate when she was young.
These are three great, well-illustrated stories. “The Day the Goose Got Loose” is a little scary — the bull in one scene is a big, pretty ugly creature — but it’s very funny. Cate really loved the little dog at the “end of the line” in “The Digging-Est Dog” (no giving away the plot) and “The Lorax” may be the best environmental book ever written.
The performance thing also plays a big role in my selections. I was a competitive public speaker in high school and loved oral interpretation. Reading these stories aloud brought back lots of memories, and also gave me a chance to be a performer in the privacy of my daughter’s bedroom. (There was also the time in the mid 1990’s — at a dinner at our home for my old law firm — when I read “The Day the Goose Got Loose” for my partners and their wives. Wine was involved, and it may have been the beginning of the end of that business relationship!)
So, I’ve certainly read many great books. I’ve read a few many times: “The Grapes of Wrath” and “The Caine Mutiny” come to mind quickly. That all said, the three children’s books, read aloud to Cate, occupy the top of my list.
Mark Rubin is an attorney with Mesch, Clark & Rothschild, P.C. He is also co-chair of the current events committee of the Tucson Festival of Books.
