They passed along the family tales that had been handed down to them."
Ingold described herself as "independent" as a youngster, "and curious. Always wanting to do or try the next thing. I was blessed with parents who put challenging projects before me and helped me make them work. My mom taught me sewing. My dad and I experimented with photography and built a working radio from an oatmeal box. And they took my brother and me on lots of trips--I think we traveled between New York and Texas by every possible route, investigating all the historical sites along the way."
Like many other writers, Ingold was an avid reader as a child. "I was five when I started first grade--Stratford Elementary School in Garden City, New York--and I think that's when I started learning to read. I must have been in third grade--or maybe the end of second--before my reading ability let me get into books that told good stories--and from then on I was hooked. I went through books as fast as Mom and I could bring them home from the library. I read all over the place (which I still do)--biographies, the 'Little House' books, Nancy Drew and Cherry Ames.
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