She read, among many, those I remember, the entire works of  Edgar Allen Poe, Dr. Seuss, Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, Shirley Jackson, Scott Fitzgerald, JFK, Truman Capote, and Agatha Christie (and I mean entire: if they wrote under a pseudonym, or a story in high school, she’d track it down): and modern-day; James Herriot, Peter Gethers, Erma Bombeck, Joanne Fluke, Cleveland Amory, Mary Higgins Clark, Janet Evanovich, Sue Grafton, Ann Rule, Joan Rivers, and Elie Wiesel(the latter four she met and talked to): as she did her favorite-favorites; Ray Bradbury and Garrison Keillor.  She had all their books, tv, records. movies, and myriad news and mag articles in her library subject folders. They are the two biggest files of her bazillion clippings and lessons from her multiple file cabinets of author, holiday, event, and curricular material. Each year, she’d dramatize her favorite stories for the students.  There were ALWAYS classes in there.  She loved her library, as did everyone, staff or student, at school.  It was an incredible trash dump when she came to PHMS, and she took great pride in making it the center of the school.  And especially, a center of literature.  Its raison d’etre; her readings, book fairs, lessons, events, were all designed to share her love of books.

We’re so,so proud of you, myphyl.