Sarianna

As a child I lived for Saturday. That was the day my father took me to the library with him. To me, the door of that small town library might well have been that that of a grand castle. That’s how excited and privileged I felt to step inside that hushed and magical place. That’s where I met Wilbur and Charlotte, Mary Poppins and Laura Ingalls, the Borrowers and the March sisters, to name a few fascinating characters. Books were an adventure and an escape; they fired my imagination and gave my spirit wings. Though I grew up, and left that small town, I never lost the feeling of excitement and possibility that a library and the books therein can inspire. Today, I feel a thrill each time I narrate a book. I’m hopeful that listeners will experience the magic I felt, and still feel, each time I utter the words: “Chapter One.”