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The many faces of a little reader

He’s not a prodigy. He can’t read this book yet.  But he loves books and loves to pretend that he’s reading them. It’s a good start. And he especially loves this one. He’s named after a character in it. Charles Wallace. 

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My namesake discovered 42 years later

My daughter’s name is Clara Susan. Her first name comes from the protagonist in The Van Gogh Café by Cynthia Rylant. My wife loves that book, and it’s where she fell in love with the name for the first time.  Her middle name was my mother’s first name. My son’s name is Charles Wallace. His…

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What’s in a name? Several literary references.

It’s a boy! In case you haven’t heard, my wife gave birth to a beautiful baby boy yesterday named Charles Wallace Dicks. Charlie was born at 3:09 PM. He is 7 pounds, 1 ounce and 18 inches long. We chose Charlie’s name for a number of reasons. To start, we liked the name Charles a…

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