Successful Reads

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“The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them.”

~Mark Twain, attributed

I was at a local book fair where I watched a young child eagerly run up to our booth to look at the vast array of children’s books.  He spent fifteen wide-eyed minutes in the booth devouring every picture in the book he could find.

All the while, his mom grew more and more impatient.  She tried pulling him away several times.  Finally she grabbed his arm and successfully pulled him away.

As they were walking away the child was pleading for a book.  “Please mom, just one book,” he said.

What she said next astounded me, “But you already have “a” book.  You don’t need more than one.”

My heart broke for that child.

• Doesn’t that mom want to provide a good education for a child?
• Doesn’t she want to feed his imagination?
• Doesn’t she want to provide the advantages that the knowledge contained within books could bring?

What advantage to you want for yourself?

Have you read from a good book today?

“The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them.”

~Mark Twain, attributed

I was at a local book fair where I watched a young child eagerly run up to our booth to look at the vast array of children’s books.  He spent fifteen wide-eyed minutes in the booth devouring every picture in the book he could find.

All the while, his mom grew more and more impatient.  She tried pulling him away several times.  Finally she grabbed his arm and successfully pulled him away.

As they were walking away the child was pleading for a book.  “Please mom, just one book,” he said.

What she said next astounded me, “But you already have “a” book.  You don’t need more than one.”

My heart broke for that child.

• Doesn’t that mom want to provide a good education for a child?
• Doesn’t she want to feed his imagination?
• Doesn’t she want to provide the advantages that the knowledge contained within books could bring?

What advantage to you want for yourself?

Have you read from a good book today?

“The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them.”

~Mark Twain, attributed

I was at a local book fair where I watched a young child eagerly run up to our booth to look at the vast array of children’s books.  He spent fifteen wide-eyed minutes in the booth devouring every picture in the book he could find.

All the while, his mom grew more and more impatient.  She tried pulling him away several times.  Finally she grabbed his arm and successfully pulled him away.

As they were walking away the child was pleading for a book.  “Please mom, just one book,” he said.

What she said next astounded me, “But you already have “a” book.  You don’t need more than one.”

My heart broke for that child.

• Doesn’t that mom want to provide a good education for a child?
• Doesn’t she want to feed his imagination?
• Doesn’t she want to provide the advantages that the knowledge contained within books could bring?

What advantage to you want for yourself?

Have you read from a good book today?