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“The Reading Promise is a powerful testament to the difference a parent's
devotion and the act of reading can make in a child's life. A rare and
triumphant story.”
— Chris Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pursuit of Happiness
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“Tender, funny, and deeply readable, The Reading Promise tells the story
of how a simple ritual became a treasured father-daughter tradition.
Promise yourself to revisit what matters...promise you'll pick up this
tribute to the ways in which books change lives.”
— Erin Blakemore, author, The Heroines Bookshelf
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“Clearly fabulous for libraries everywhere... My pick.”
— Library Journal
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“Alice Ozma has given us the gift of a remarkable love story. In her love
of books, and of her father, we see the most-meaningful promises we
might make to our own parents, our own children, and to ourselves.”
— Jeffrey Zaslow, coauthor, The Last Lecture
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“This is about so much more than books and reading. It's about
single-parenthood and childhood, about raising a loving, witty,
articulate kid, and all of it accomplished without anyone turning into
the Alpha-Parent/Tiger-Dad.”
— Jim Trelease, author, The Read-Aloud Handbook
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Persuasive and influential, poignant and inspirational, Ozma's exuberant paean to the joys and rewards of reading-- and being read to-- is a must-read treasure for parents, especially, and bibliophiles, certainly.
— Booklist, starred review
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This is the perfect book to hand any curmudgeon who needs reminding that reading makes a difference or thinks that today's youth are all blase. Highly recommended." -Library Journal, starred review
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Ozma's work is humorous, generous, and warmly felt, and with a terrific reading list included, there is no better argument for the benefits of reading to a child than this rich, imaginative work.
— Publisher's Weekly
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A warm memoir and a gentle nudge to parents about the importance of books, quality time and reading to children.
— Kirkus Reviews
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Alice Ozma has given us the gift of a remarkable love story. In her love of books, and of her father, we see the most-meaningful promises we might make to our own parents, our own children, and to ourselves.
— Jeffrey Zaslow, coauthor, The Last Lecture
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Tender, funny, and deeply readable, THE READING PROMISE tells the story of how a simple ritual became a treasured father-daughter tradition. Promise yourself to revisit what matters...promise you'll pick up this tribute to the ways in which books change lives.
— Erin Blakemore, author of The Heroine's Bookshelf
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This is about so much more than books and reading. It's about single-parenthood and childhood, about raising a loving, witty, articulate kid, and all of it accomplished without anyone turning into the Alpha-Parent/Tiger-Dad. -Jim Trelease, author of The Read-Aloud Handbook
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THE READING PROMISE is a powerful testament to the difference a parent's devotion and the act of reading can make in a child's life. A rare and triumphant story.
— Chris Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pursuit of Happyness