Eve's mother thought reading was important and the town's people needed to be literate (Reading Rockets, 2012). Growing up in a little town in Ireland, the town did not have a public library (Reading Rockets, 2012). This was a special time for Eve and has impacted her love of reading. According to her interview with Reading Rockets (2012), Eve says her father would read something then ask her if she understood what the poet was saying. Even though her father was a tough macho man and would never admit to anyone he loved poetry, he loved to read and discuss poetry with Eve (Reading Rockets, 2012). As a child, her father read to her constantly (Reading Rockets, 2012). Eve Bunting was born in Maghera, Ireland on Decem(Palmquist, 2007 Fantastic Fiction, 2012).
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