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Not quite sure how I learned either, but my mother told me it was from television commercials. Except for The Cat in the Hat and sequel (which I hated), the first books I have a clear memory of are Salten's Bambi and a few other stories, when I was 6. After that I started on my sister's old Weekly Reader Book club selections. By the time I was eight, I had a 4-5 book per week habit, and often resorted to encyclopedias to stave off withdrawal (I was a weird kid).