The Reading Promise

The Reading Promise, by Alice Ozma, was given to me by my father. You can be pretty much any age to enjoy it, and it is one of the sweetest books about a father-daughter bond that I have ever read. It is an autobiography of the author's childhood.
When Alice's mother left, her father raised her and her older sister. As an elementary school librarian, he loved to read to Alice before bed every night. When she was in fourth grade though, he became worried that she would eventually want him to stop reading aloud to her. Making a promise to read together for 100 consecutive nights and succeeding, they decided to keep 'the streak' alive as long as they could. They managed to do so until the time she entered college 8 years later. The story tells the story of Alice growing up and the adventures and books she shared with her father. It is also an excellent example of the improtance of reading. I think it is a must-read.