About Me
I have always loved to read.
And somewhere along the way, I discovered that reading aloud might be the greatest gift you can give a child.
As I grew older, I realized I had more similar tastes in books to my father, which was surprising. My mother is a voracious reader and a lifelong teacher, but for years, I wrestled with following in her footsteps. In my twenties, I bounced from job to job, restless and uncertain, trying to answer the age-old question: what do I want to be when I grow up?
Eventually, I began working at a school and within a year I was a 1st grade teacher, just like Mom. If only I hadn't been so reluctant to be "just like my mother", I could have saved myself a lot of time.
I received a Masters in Education from Bank Street College in New York. I was never happier than when I was in the classroom. I discovered my calling and made lifelong friends. Teaching children to read is, in my opinion, the most difficult, most miraculous thing one can do.
The amount of growth young children experience in the early elementary years is astonishing. To witness it, to celebrate with them, and to see the joy on their faces is a privilege I never took for granted.
Learning to read is hard. Helping children fall in love with reading — and then keeping that love alive — is even harder. But that's not a reason not to do it.
“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
— Ernest Hemingway
What I believe
Reading aloud is for every age
It doesn't stop when kids learn to read on their own. The shared experience of a story — the voices, the pauses, the questions — is something no silent reading can replicate.
Books build bridges
Between generations, between strangers, between a child and a parent at the end of a long day. A book read aloud together is a conversation that keeps going long after the last page.
Every child deserves a reader
Not every child has a classroom full of books or a teacher who reads aloud every day. This site exists to help more families find their way into that habit.
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