Analysis Of Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger By Diane Muldrow

Some of the fondest memories I have of my childhood are of story time with my parents. I would listen for hours in amazement of the captivating stories of valiant knights, beautiful princesses, and other amazing tales. I don’t remember much of that period in my life, but what I do remember is intently listening to every word they spoke and slowly learning what those words really meant. It fascinated me that what appeared to me as just scribbles on a page could be transformed into such amazing stories. At such a young age I could not fathom what a profound effect reading would have on my life. Of all the books my parents read to me the one that had the most profound effect on me was the Disney Pixar book Buzz Lightyear: Space Ranger by Diane Muldrow. When I was just under one year old my father purchased the paperback version of Buzz Lightyear: Space Ranger. Every day while my mother was at work my father would read it to me and every night my mother would do the same. As I grew older and transitioned out of my crib into a baby bed, I would request that they read me the book every night before bed. By age three the book had been so worn that the only thing holding it together was duct tape and stickers, but I still loved my book and the story within its fading pages. My beloved book’s slow and inevitable destruction was what finally prompted my parents to protect what remained of the book and place it on a shelf higher than my short little arms could reach. This broke my