Giving #ReaderThanks

On Wednesday morning, Colleen Lindsay made a simple suggestion to her more than 71,000 Twitter followers: https://twitter.com/ColleenLindsay/status/139358871306256385

What followed was a list of reasons ranging from the truly sincere…

#readerthanks For the doctors who figured out I'm dyslexic and the teachers who patiently taught me to read over the next 3 years.

— Nancy Keim Comley (@KeimComley) November 23, 2011

… to the silly (and vaguely suggestive).

Thank you to Dr. Seuss, who taught me that making ones tongue numb is really quite fun. #readerthanks

— Caroline Willis (@DirtyCarrie) November 23, 2011

Readers proved thankful for families, teachers, librarians, and authors who showed them the world as seen through books. Here are a few favorites:

https://twitter.com/zacharyhornback/status/139374019181953025 https://twitter.com/JackieGamber/status/139380720668913664

#readerthanks To Pepsi Cola, who allowed me to turn in the empties for cash when I was a kid so I could buy books.

— S.K.S. Perry (@sksperry) November 23, 2011

I thought it was nice that one of the authors who was thanked by so many people took time out to show his humble appreciation.

Thou art welcome, world. #readerthanks

— William Shakespeare (@willshake) November 23, 2011

I hadn’t realized he was on Twitter.