Eileen R. Tabios is a poet working in multiple genres and in-between. She also loves books by writing, reading, publishing, critiquing, romancing and advocating for them. This blog will feature her bibliophilic activities with posts on current book engagements and links to her books and projects related to books.

Friday, January 24, 2014

READ, CHILDREN, READ

My son came to the United States at age 13 without a word of English.  Less than five years later, he's more proficient in English than in his native language, Spanish.  Why?  Because he (fortunately and what a relief!) took to reading.  He reads everyday, including reading himself to sleep every night -- just like Mom!  And this week, he wrote an absolutely brilliant short story of the characters calculating their way through space and then moon travel -- so nifty!

This is one of the reading figurines in our library: subliminal encouragement!





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