It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it. ~Oscar Wilde

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. ~Edmund Burke

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi. ~Oprah Winfrey

You may have tangible wealth untold; Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. Richer than I you can never be - I had a mother who read to me. ~Strickland Gillilan

Copy into response journal and finish these statement s in a way that is meaningful to you: 1. A book is like a friend because…….. 2. A book is like a garden because……. 3. A book is a gift………