I was heartened to receive this photograph of a mother enjoying my recent book, Poems Every Child Should Know, with her own son. With her permission, I’m sharing her words:

I’ve attached a photo of my son’s expression while we read your book Poems Every Child Should Know on our train ride from Rome to Assisi. Thank you for writing such an important and exciting book! There was a set of grandparents sitting across from us from England. I can’t understand why they would hesitate buying the book for their grandkids after seeing what fun we were having!

…I’ve just bought another copy to put in a raffle basket for a Gala fundraiser for my older son’s new Chesterton Academy in Rhode Island!