17th May 2008
Lloyd and Lenore Dickman
…own a bookstore located on their farm in Wisconsin. It’s not marked; it’s not centrally located. They never advertise, and their only regular hours are 9-5 on Saturday.
They have more than a million titles, which is many more than a shopping center chain store.
This inspiring couple will amaze you.
Lenore says that the most important book of all is Mother Goose’s nursery rhymes:
“If a child knows eight nursery rhymes before the child is four years old, that child will be an excellent reader when he is eight years old.”
(The video is a little slow to start, since there are a couple of intros edited in. But it’s worth it.)
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