READING NATION MAGAZINE MARCH 2022

Page 96

THE INTERNATIONAL PULPWOOD QUEENS AND TIMBER GUY BOOK CLUB

Hi, my name is Pearl - Minnie Pearl to be exact, but that was completely by accident. Lot’s of people think it’s a fun Nashville “thang” but my mama rescued me from a Jack Russell Resuce site and had me for four months before she got my real papers. It’s not supposed to work that way, but I was so sick when they saw a sucker - my Mama - they had to act fast! The humans at the site gave mama some papers for a rat terrier (can you imagine?) and convinced her to foster me until she found me a permanent home. I wasn’t supposed to be adopted - she had two boys already, Moe and Curly (and yes the names fit if you’re wondering. They are stooges…) but she fell in love with me after many trips to the Vet’s office to get me back in shape. Lord she cried like a baby every time I had to get a shot… I knew I was in three weeks before she finally took the ridiculous hot pink collar that said ADOPT ME I’M A FOSTER off my neck. It wasn’t a secret anytime someone would ask if I was up for adoption, Mama changed the subject. Anyhoo - when she adopted me the humans just so happened to find my real papers and Mama laughed out loud when she realized I was Minnie Pearl. No, I will not wear a straw hat with a price tag for Halloween don’t even ask. 96

MARCH 2022


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Dianna Rostad

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page 5

Tornado! by Kathryn Casey

4min
pages 14-19

Mandy Haynes

1min
page 39

Walking The Wrong Way Home by Mandy Haynes

2min
page 38

What Seems True by James Garrison

2min
pages 12, 111-112

Sugar Birds by Cheryl Grey Bostrom

1min
page 36

Beyond the Song by Carol Selick

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page 37

Zoe Disigny

2min
pages 42-43

Speed Round with Author Judith Teitelman

2min
pages 76-80

Little Orange Honey Hood: A Carolina Folktale by Lisa Anne Cullen

2min
pages 50-51

Food For Thought with Laura Davis

6min
pages 68-75

Introducing Robert Gwaltney

11min
pages 52-55, 58-67

Work In Progress

2min
pages 46-47

IF OUR PETS COULD TALK

2min
pages 96-97

Rebecca Rosenberg

1min
pages 34-35

Linda Rosen

2min
pages 32-33

Abigail Keam

3min
pages 30-31

Marilyn Simon Rothstein

1min
page 27

Pamela Binnings Ewen

1min
page 26

Francine Rodriguez

2min
pages 24-25

Wayland by Rita Sims Quillen

1min
page 13

What Seems True by James Garrison

1min
page 12

Guesthouse for Ganesha by Judith Teitelman

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You Belong Here Now by Dianna Rostad

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The Cicada Tree by Robert Gwaltney

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