My girls are far from reading more mature novels. We are still in the era of running around the house in princess dresses and the floor doused in glitter. While we are still loving the adventures written by Roald Dahl and many others, they see Harry Potter on the shelf and ask, “When can we read those?!”

I really enjoyed reading as a child. I remember trying to be Matilda with a bow tied into my hair. I laid a blanket out on the lawn and brought out all my books to read. As I got older I moved into chapter books and really enjoyed reading The Babysitter’s Club Series and Sweet Valley High.