By Hector Tobar, LA Times
Someone asked me once, “When are you the most happy?” Very quickly, I answered, “When I see my kids reading.” Mine is a family with poverty and even illiteracy in its past, so we don’t take reading for granted. Learning to read isn’t easy. And for me, seeing a child learn to read is still a kind of miracle. They begin decoding letters, then make sense of words. One day, suddenly, they have a novel in their hands. Or a bag filled with books they want to read. Continue reading…