Building a Toolbox

Building a Toolbox (1)                              The Imaginary Man His name is Jack!  Just imagine, as a young boy you were compared to Tom Sawyer or Huck Finn, but most of all Dennis the Menace. As a young boy Jack’s father carried Jack every day, it seemed to the public library.  Jack to the delight of his father became an avid reader. Jack, loved adventure, he loved the stories of Mark Twain, Alexandre Dumas, and Jules Verne; they would impact Jack beyond anything his father could have imagined. The idea’s of rafting down the Mississippi, or swinging a sword like D’Artagnan, or waking up on the Mysterious Island would capture Jack’s young mind. Like the great writers and storytellers, Jack yearned to become a man of words, a leader of people, a storyteller and someday capture the minds of young boys and girls with his stories.  Jack’s First Big Adventure It was that night Ja...

Building a Toolbox Just imagine, as a young boy you were compared to Tom Sawyer or Huck Finn, but most of all Dennis the Menace? In a sense, honestly, I was trying to mimic my story as a young boy.  Don't we all have stories and dreams? While trying to reach children of all ages,  I wondered do students today read Mark Twain, Jules Verne, or even Alexandar Dumas?  Had they even heard of them?  Would they have even heard of Dale Carnegie’s Golden Book? So in an open reading session of Jack's Adventures with friends; the first comments were kids today wouldn't know who they are! Let's see some of why; The Adventures of Jack?  My mother started calling me 'Dennis the Menace.' ( the Dennis the Menace comic strip debuted on March 12, 1951. ) Being such a good boy like Dennis;  I was thrown out of the fourth grade twice and at sixteen in the ninth grade for the last time. There I was hang-in out at the corner soda shop; no job, no money, an...