Start of a reader

The book To Kill a Mockingbird has been in the news a lot lately thanks to a new biography of Harper Lee, which may or may not be 'authorized' by Miss Lee. So I decided to give the classic book to Reed to read on one of his long, summer days.

He hadn't gotten far into it when he said "This has a great quote, come read it."

The lines Reed wanted me to read are highlighted.

In this part of the book, Scout's brand new first grade teacher is upset because Scout already knows how to read, and even tells her to tell her father to stop teaching her, to which she replies with surprise "Teach me? He hasn't taught me anything, Miss Caroline. Atticus ain't got time to teach me anything. Why, he's so tired at night he just sits in the livingroom and reads."

I didn't think about it the last time I read the book, but Reed learned to read in much the same way that Scout did – by just following along as we read. No wonder this part of the book resonated with him "Reading was something that just came to me." – that's surely what happened with him.