The Reading Promise

The Reading Promise My Father and the Books We Shared

First edition

Hardback (03 May 2011)

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Publisher's Synopsis

When Alice Ozma was in 4th grade, she and her father decided to see if he could read aloud to her for 100 consecutive nights. On the hundreth night, they shared pancakes to celebrate, but it soon became evident that neither wanted to let go of their storytelling ritual. So they decided to continue what they called "The Streak." Alice's father read aloud to her every night without fail until the day she left for college.

Alice approaches her book as a series of vignettes about her relationship with her father and the life lessons learned from the books he read to her.

Books included in the Streak were: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, the Oz books by L. Frank Baum, Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, and Shakespeare's plays.

Book information

ISBN: 9780446583770
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Imprint: Grand Central Publishing
Pub date:
Edition: First edition
DEWEY: 028.9
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: xviii, 279
Weight: 408g
Height: 211mm
Width: 142mm
Spine width: 30mm