Reading becomes an enjoyable activity, not a difficult task. Students should also have ample opportunities to read without the threat of a book report or test looming at the end of the last chapter. People who read usually have children who read. Jim Trelease, author of The Read-Aloud Handbook encourages parents to make sure their children have good lamps for reading in bed and to have a rack of books and magazines in the bathroom. Reading is a social activity.
Readers live in groups of other readers.
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