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On Reading: My Son and His Books

September 21, 2008 by Lauren

My son loves to read (this makes me very happy), and he especially enjoys the Magic Tree House Series. One Friday evening, we picked up seven of these books from the library. By Saturday afternoon, he had read them all and was asking, “When are we ever going to the library to pick up more books?” I kindly reminded him that it hadn’t even been 24 hours since we were last there.

He took a break from reading on Saturday afternoon for me to take him to see a movie. As we prepared to leave, I asked him to go to the car and buckle up. A few minutes later, I followed him into the garage, put the garage door up, started the car, backed out, put the garage door down, and drove toward the entrance of our subdivision. At that point, I realized that I was in the car ALONE! I returned home quickly. In my mind, I was imagining my son crying frantically because his mother left him. As soon as the garage door was up, I ran into the house to find him.

He wasn’t anywhere in the house. I began to worry, and I started yelling his name. I heard a faint response coming from the garage. I ran out there and found him in his dad’s vehicle, reading calmly. He was so engrossed his book that when I left, he didn’t even notice. I couldn’t believe that he didn’t notice the garage going from darkness to light or see the car backing out or hear the loud clanging of the garage door opening and closing.

I felt relief when I found him, and also a little bit of joy. My son loves books! He may be his Daddy’s boy when it comes to sports; but when he crawls into bed and asks for just a few more minutes to read, I know he is mine!

Lauren is a wife, a mother of two, and an avid reader. She blogs at Baseballs and Bows.

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Comments

  1. Jennifer, Snapshot says

    September 21, 2008 at 3:18 pm

    What a great story! I am also so happy to have a little bookworm daughter, and even though my four-year-old son is ALL boy, I can see his interest in books, so I hope that he will love reading as well.

  2. dh says

    September 21, 2008 at 3:48 pm

    My kids are great readers, but much older !6 & 18. They loved the magic tree house series when they were younger. They’re just a nice set of books to read.

  3. mari says

    September 21, 2008 at 6:23 pm

    Wow! That is so cool. I used to be like that as a kid. It seems I am easily distracted now as I have gotten older.

  4. Jen Robinson says

    September 21, 2008 at 8:34 pm

    That is a GREAT story, Lauren. Thanks for sharing it.

  5. Casey says

    September 21, 2008 at 9:23 pm

    I was like that as a child. I can see my older son’s interest in books forming, but I’m not sure if he’ll be quite the bookworm that I was. I’m hoping!

  6. Carrie (Reading to Know) says

    September 22, 2008 at 3:46 pm

    That’s so awesome!

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