Share a good book with someone you love. Today is Valentine’s Day and Read to Your Child Day, a beautiful reason to set aside thirty minutes and read aloud to a child.

Writer Muriel Clark explained, “Each time we reread a book we get more out of reading because we put more into reading.” A familiar story meets a new reader, and the pages open deeper.

The grassroots literacy network Reading Is Fundamental reminds parents that involvement matters in raising lifelong readers. A voice, a lap, a page turned slowly becomes a kind of safety.

Children build learning skills early, while young brains grow fast. Screens ask for hours. Books offer presence.

Comic Groucho Marx advised, “I find television very educating. Every time someone turns on the set I go into the other room and read a book.”

February is also Library Lovers’ Month. Visit a library. Read. Children emulate what love looks like in a home. Stories invite questions and warm conversation.

Writer John Milton said a good book is “the precious life blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.” That kind of treasure belongs on every shelf.

As First Lady Laura Bush explained, “Children who are read to learn two things: first, that reading is worthwhile, and second, that they are worthwhile.”