What happens when you give a girl a book? Growing up I begged my mom to read me the book ‘If you give a mouse a cookie’ by Laura Numeroff. Ever since then I knew what this book was. I would have my parents or brother read it to me all the time because I hated reading it to myself. I would rather tell you a story or listen to yours but think twice before you give a girl a book and tell her she needs to read the whole thing by Monday. If you give a mouse a cookie he could ask for a glass of milk, not all mice will. If you give a girl a book she could spend the whole day in a hammock with the wind in the hair reading it, not all girls will. Reading isn't a natural born talent, isn't there a way we can teach kids not to ‘learn how to read’ but
