To read to a child is to give them your full attention.

“At the end of the day, I go into my son’s room. I don’t wear a watch. I switch off my computer, so I can’t hear the email pinging into the basket, and I just slow down to his pace and we read.” 

— Carl Honore

To give them your full attention is an act of love.

“The principal form that the work of love takes is attention. When we love another we give him or her our attention; we attend to that person’s growth.”

— M. Scott Peck

To read to a child is an act of love. 

“There are few things that feel to a person like they are more cherished or taken care of. There’s being fed, and then there’s someone reading to you.”

— LeVar Burton

Happy reading,

Jeff and Bob …

… who believe that reading with kids can change the world for the better.

In our current story, Davey Dobbs captains a pirate ship

Our new story (“Davey Dobbs SHOULD NOT”) continues this week.

“Davey Dobbs SHOULD NOT” is about a boy who, for the first time in his life, starts doing things he’s not supposed to, like starting stegosaur stampedes and exploring space.

It would all be a great adventure if he wasn’t being chased by soccer coaches, violin teachers, and math tutors, all of whom are busy telling him that whatever he’s doing, he SHOULD NOT be doing it.

Part 1: The trouble started with a butterfly.
Part 2: Davey Dobbs isn’t used to having thoughts of his own.
Part 3: Davey wanders out of the story.
Part 4: Davey gets himself surrounded.
Part 5: Davey starts a stegosaur stampede. 
Part 6: Davey rides a rocket cycle in space.
Part 7: Davey captains a pirate ship.

To be continued next week …

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