It’s time for a trip to the library, your favorite bookstore, or both this weekend. Next week, May 12-18th, is Reading Is Fun Week. The event, founded by RIF in 1979, began as a way to encourage and promote children to read throughout summer vacation.
My entire summer vacation revolved around reading when I was a child. In my elementary school years my mom would take us to the library every Monday morning. We’d check out books in stacks over our heads. In the shade of our fir trees she read to us daily. My preteen years were filled with vapid romance novels about bleach blond twins who battled over boyfriends. Fortunately my taste evolved and I spent my teenage summers discovering The Great Gatsby and My Antonia. I breezed through mysteries passed down by grandmother. Some sweaty summer days I’d lather up with Banana Boat sunscreen, grab a jug of lemonade, and devour two or three books in a lawn chair outside.
Now is a great time to start a new reading tradition with your children. You can visit RIF’s website for a day-by-day calendar filled with free and fun activities.
I’m off to D.C next week for the Alzheimer’s National Public Policy Forum (will blog and post photos when I return). Luke’s staying with his grandma. I’m packing all his essentials and an extra bag of books!
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