Our children shouldn't have to wait for adulthood to become wild readers. For many, it will be too late.

Failure is not an option, so why talk about it?

If we value all readers, we must value all reading.

Failing to graduate a populace that values reading has long-term consequences for everyone.

Although I enjoy digging through the library to help students find books, my aim is to help them develop self-confidence in choosing books for themselves.

Students will read if we give them the books, the time, and the enthusiastic encouragement to do so. If we make them wait for the one unit a year in which they are allowed to choose their own books and become readers, they may never read at all. To keep our students reading, we have to let them.

Readers enjoy talking about books almost as much as they like reading.