I think what happened was the language settled in me much deeper than it settled into people who just can read something once and absorb what they ab… - Jacqueline Woodson

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I think what happened was the language settled in me much deeper than it settled into people who just can read something once and absorb what they absorb of it. I feel like what I was absorbing was not by any means superficial. And I think I was - from a really young age, I was reading like a writer. I was reading for this deep understanding of the literature not simply to hear the story but to understand how the author got the story on the page…

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About Jacqueline Woodson

Jacqueline Woodson (born February 12, 1963) is an American writer of books for children and adolescents.

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Alternative Names: Jacqueline Amanda Woodson Jacqueline A. Woodson J. A. Woodson J. Woodson Woodson, Jacqueline Amanda Woodson, Jacqueline Вудсон, Жаклин Жаклин Вудсон Ж. Вудсон
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