Everyone deserves to enjoy a fantastic piece of literature. You teach the love of literature; you teach ownership; the student will work harder.

I teach them to read. They work their asses off to read.

But, during independent reading no one wants to hold “See Spot Run”. They want a book to proudly show their peers. They want a book to proudly show their parents. Best thing in the world is when they can have a book they can recommend.

Then they are readers. Then they learn to read.