We have copies of classics of from such greats as Grimm, Aesop and Andersen and Franklin, Tennyson and Penn. There are a few volumes in the bookcase by Whitman, Emerson and Thoreau as well as an assortment of school books from our home-schooling days. One of my favorites is a book containing reprints of historical documents such as the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. There is another book that I probably don't look at nearly as much as I should. And, I wish we had more.
Books are important.
As a matter of fact, they have taught me more than I have ever learned from a professor or preacher or teacher of any kind. They seem to almost speak to me, strange as that might sound. I can, as the saying goes, lose myself in a good book. I don't suppose I would be lucky enough for this to be National Go Read A Book Week or anything of the sort. Get lost in some good reading.