"It's the soul of true parenting . . .

. . . and it's very rewarding": encouraging kids to read.

True dat.

Theresa Fagan, mother of eight, lists some of her family's favorite books.

I'll add, for little kids, the all-time classic, Goodnight Moon, and for middle-schoolers, the magnificent, Pulitizer Prize-winning novel by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, The Yearling.

(In 7th grade I wrote Ms. Rawlings a fan letter, and she wrote me back. Eat your hearts out.)