2025-02-28
41 分钟On March 2 is read across America Day.
It's a day when schools across the United States inspire young children to read.
Today we're going to talk about reading and specifically about Dr. Seuss,
who's known here as the father of children's literature.
I hope you enjoy this feature episode.
When I was in elementary school, my best friend's name was Annie.
Annie came from a Mormon family.
Her dad was the president of the Mormon Church.
And Annie and I were a lot alike.
Now, despite having very similar personalities and similar activities,
we both played flute in the school band and sang in the choir.
Her family and home life was very different from mine.
Annie was one of six kids and her family was much more musical
and they consumed way more vegetables than anyone I'd ever met.
Her family also didn't have a tv.
At night time, Annie and her brothers and sisters would sit down and read.
In fact, I remember having to fill out reading logs for school.
And those were sort of documents where we had to track how much we read per week.
And her mom always signed off on Annie having read four to five hours a week.
She signed off on it.