My little brother’s early experiences with literacy

The person I chose to interview is my seventeen-year-old brother, Gage. I thought it would be interesting to interview him because, while we are only two years apart, we have very different views on literacy. For one, he’s more of a science and math guy than an english person. Also, we have very different views on what we like to read and write about. I’m not saying that there are no similarities, after all, due to us being close in age there is some crossover, like we both read the Harry Potter books, but I thought learning how he came to have his different views of literacy despite our similar literacy upbringing would be fun.
The passage I choosing to use is from question #1: Try to think of your earliest memories of writing and reading. What do you remember of reading and writing before you began school? Who helped you with it and what was that like?
My brother’s answer was that his earliest memory of learning to write was when my mom taught him how to spell his name in cursive when we were at our cabin in Tahoe one summer. Also, his favorite book as a child was Snuggle Piggy and the Magic Blanket which a family friend, Aunt Pat C, used to read to him every time she would babysit.  There was also a little flip book that he used to read with our grandpa every time he went to his house which was about a fire station.  The one who had the biggest impact was our mom, because she was the one who taught him a little bit of writing and would read to him all the time while growing up.