· This significant, deeply odd, sometimes-embarrassing, often-inspiring accomplishment is chronicled by year-old Ozma in a new memoir, “The Reading Promise: My Email: www.doorway.ru@www.doorway.ru · Reading with her father offered a comforting continuity in the midst of her mother's disquieting move away from the family, her older sister's absence as a foreign exchange student, and the parsimoniousness of her single father. Ozma's account percolates chronologically through her adolescence, as father and daughter persevered in their streak of nightly reading despite occasional Brand: Grand Central Publishing. Alice Ozma's memoir, The Reading Promise, had my attention from just the brief snyopis I happened upon months ago. Alice's father, an elementary school librarian (which helps explain how the reading promise was even possible) and Alice decide to challenge themselves to read each night for consecutive days/5().
Father and daughter embarked on a streak of reading-out-loud sessions every night before bed as Ozma was growing up. At first they decided on nights straight of reading before bed—a minimum 10 minutes, before midnight, every night, no exceptions—then it stretched to 1,, and soon enough the author was headed to college and they had. "THE READING PROMISE: My Father and the Books We Shared," by Alice Ozma (Grand Central. p. $) Jim Brozina, "an eccentric and excitable children's librarian," and his daughter. When Alice Ozma was in 4th grade, she and her father decided to see if he could read aloud to her for consecutive nights. On the hundreth night, they shared pancakes to celebrate, but it soon became evident that neither wanted to let go of their storytelling ritual. So they decided to continue what they called "The Streak." Alice's father read aloud to her every night without fail until.
When Alice Ozma was nine years old, her father made a promise: to read to her every night, without missing a night, for one-hundred nights. But once the pair met their goal, they couldn't stop. became 1,, and eventually, they decided to read as long as they possibly could. The Reading Streak, as they called it, ultimately lasted 3,, finally ending on Alice's first day of college. The Reading Promise: 3, Nights of Reading with My Father (Paperback) Published March 1st by Two Roads. Paperback, pages. Author (s): Alice Ozma. ISBN: (ISBN ) Edition language: English. This significant, deeply odd, sometimes-embarrassing, often-inspiring accomplishment is chronicled by year-old Ozma in a new memoir, “The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared.”.
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