I want to build memories with my kids around books. I want to see them carrying a book all around the house with them because they cannot put it down. I want them to hide books under their covers and wait for me to yell “Lights out!” and then sneakily turn a flashlight on to finish the last chapter of their book. This was my idea of a good time.Īs a parent, I want the same for my kids. We would read books and then gather to discuss them. I started the Radical Readers Book Club as a pre-teen with my friends. I took the Molly American Girl Series along with me on vacation. I binge read the Baby-Sitter’s Club series. The world already has.” ~Katherine Paterson, A Sense of Wonder For if we are careless in the matter of nourishing the imagination, the world will pay for it. “So as a mother and as a writer, let me urge you to read to them, read to them, read to them.
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